66 lines
2.1 KiB
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66 lines
2.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200604-01">
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<title>MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could allow
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arbitrary JavaScript code execution.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">mediawiki</product>
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<announced>April 04, 2006</announced>
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<revised>April 04, 2006: 01</revised>
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<bug>127971</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="www-apps/mediawiki" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.4.15</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.4.15</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big
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projects like Wikipedia.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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MediaWiki fails to decode certain encoded URLs correctly.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="low">
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<p>
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By supplying specially crafted links, a remote attacker could
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exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious HTML or JavaScript code
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that will be executed in a user's browser session in the context of the
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vulnerable site.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.4.15"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1498">CVE-2006-1498</uri>
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<uri link="http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=404869">MediaWiki 1.4.15 Release Notes</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:58:31 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:58:55 +0000">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 02 Apr 2006 17:15:00 +0000">
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DerCorny
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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