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Posted on 15 November 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4036-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 15, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mediawiki
CVE ID : CVE-2017-8808 CVE-2017-8809 CVE-2017-8810 CVE-2017-8811
CVE-2017-8812 CVE-2017-8814 CVE-2017-8815
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a
website engine for collaborative work:
CVE-2017-8808
Cross-site-scripting with non-standard URL escaping and
$wgShowExceptionDetails disabled.
CVE-2017-8809
Reflected file download in API.
CVE-2017-8810
On private wikis the login form didn't distinguish between
login failure due to bad username and bad password.
CVE-2017-8811
It was possible to mangle HTML via raw message parameter
expansion.
CVE-2017-8812
id attributes in headlines allowed raw '>'.
CVE-2017-8814
Language converter could be tricked into replacing text inside tags.
CVE-2017-8815
Unsafe attribute injection via glossary rules in language converter.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.27.4-1~deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
