Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
| Package | www-apps/mediawiki on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.23.8 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.23.8 revision >= 1.22.15 revision >= 1.19.23 |
MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software used by large projects such as Wikipedia.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please review the CVE identifiers and MediaWiki announcement referenced below for details.
A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, create a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, and inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All MediaWiki 1.23 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.23.8"
All MediaWiki 1.22 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.22.15"
All MediaWiki 1.19 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.19.23"