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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2017.0429
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2017-0429)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'mediawiki' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0429 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mediawiki' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2017-0429 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
XSS when $wgShowExceptionDetails = false and browser sends non-standard
url escaping (CVE-2017-8808).

Reflected File Download from api.php (CVE-2017-8809).

On private wikis, login form shouldn't distinguish between login failure
due to bad username and bad password (CVE-2017-8810).

It's possible to mangle HTML via raw message parameter expansion
(CVE-2017-8811).

The id attribute on headlines allow raw > (CVE-2017-8812).

Language converter can be tricked into replacing text inside tags by
adding a lot of junk after the rule definition (CVE-2017-8814).

Language converter: unsafe attribute injection via glossary rules
(CVE-2017-8815).

composer.json has require-dev versions of PHPUnit with known security
issues (CVE-2017-9841).

Note that MediaWiki 1.23.x on Mageia 5 is no longer supported. Those
using the mediawiki package on Mageia 5 should upgrade to Mageia 6.

Affected Software/OS:
'mediawiki' package(s) on Mageia 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8808
Debian Security Information: DSA-4036 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8809
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8810
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8811
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8812
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8814
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8815
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-9841
BugTraq ID: 101798
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101798
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-15
http://web.archive.org/web/20170701212357/http://phpunit.vulnbusters.com/
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/commit/284a69fb88a2d0845d23f42974a583d8f59bf5a5
https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/1956
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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