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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63054
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2008-11743 (mediawiki)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to mediawiki
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-11743.

Update Information:

This is a security release of MediaWiki 1.13.3.
Some of the security issues affect *all* versions of
MediaWiki except the versions released on Dec. 15th, so
all site administrators are encouraged to upgrade.

For details, please visit the referenced security advisories.

ChangeLog:

* Tue Dec 23 2008 Axel Thimm - 1.13.3-42
- Update to 1.13.3, closes RH bug #476621 (CVE-2008-5249,
CVE-2008-5250, CVE-2008-5252 and CVE-2008-5687, CVE-2008-5688)

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #476621 - mediawiki: multiple XSS and CSRF issues (CVE-2008-5249, CVE-2008-5250, CVE-2008-5252, CVE-2008-5687, CVE-2008-5688)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476621

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update mediawiki' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-11743

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5249
BugTraq ID: 32844
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
Debian Security Information: DSA-1901 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5250
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:004 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5252
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5687
XForce ISS Database: mediawiki-images-info-disclosure(47678)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47678
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5688
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails
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