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Debian DSA-3046-1 : mediawiki - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 78047

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was reported that MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, allowed to load user-created CSS on pages where user-created JavaScript is not allowed. A wiki user could be tricked into performing actions by manipulating the interface from CSS, or JavaScript code being executed from CSS, on security-wise sensitive pages like Special:Preferences and Special:UserLogin. This update removes the separation of CSS and JavaScript module allowance.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.19.20+dfsg-0+deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/mediawiki

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3046

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 78047

File Name: debian_DSA-3046.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7295

DSA: 3046