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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200604-1

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200604-1
Posted Apr 6, 2006
Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200604-01 - MediaWiki fails to decode certain encoded URLs correctly. Versions less than 1.4.15 are affected.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200604-1

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Severity: Low
Title: MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability
Date: April 04, 2006
Bugs: #127971
ID: 200604-01

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Synopsis
========

MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could
allow arbitrary JavaScript code execution.

Background
==========

MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big projects
like Wikipedia.

Affected packages
=================

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.4.15 >= 1.4.15

Description
===========

MediaWiki fails to decode certain encoded URLs correctly.

Impact
======

By supplying specially crafted links, a remote attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to inject malicious HTML or JavaScript code that
will be executed in a user's browser session in the context of the
vulnerable site.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.4.15"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2006-1498
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1498
[ 2 ] MediaWiki 1.4.15 Release Notes
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=404869

Availability
============

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-01.xml

Concerns?
=========

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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 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/2.0

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