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Posted on 28 October 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-21
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 28, 2013
Bugs: #460352, #466124, #468110, #471140, #483594
ID: 201310-21

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of
which could lead to Denial of Service.

Background
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The MediaWiki wiki web application as used on wikipedia.org.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.21.2 >= 1.21.2
*>= 1.20.7
*>= 1.19.8

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======
A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, perform
man-in-the-middle attacks, obtain sensitive information or perform
cross-site scripting attacks.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========
All MediaWiki 1.21.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.21.2"

All MediaWiki 1.20.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.20.7"

All MediaWiki 1.19.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.19.8"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1816
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1816
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-1817
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1817
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-1818
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1818
[ 4 ] CVE-2013-1951
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1951
[ 5 ] CVE-2013-2031
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2031
[ 6 ] CVE-2013-2032
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2032
[ 7 ] CVE-2013-2114
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2114
[ 8 ] CVE-2013-4301
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4301
[ 9 ] CVE-2013-4302
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4302
[ 10 ] CVE-2013-4303
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4303
[ 11 ] CVE-2013-4304
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4304
[ 12 ] CVE-2013-4305
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4305
[ 13 ] CVE-2013-4306
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4306
[ 14 ] CVE-2013-4307
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4307
[ 15 ] CVE-2013-4308
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4308

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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