Debian DSA-4592-1 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 132423

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the Title blacklist functionality in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, could by bypassed.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u3.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.31.6-1~deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 132423

File Name: debian_DSA-4592.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2019

Updated: 4/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19709

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19709

DSA: 4592

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