SB2013030505 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for mediawiki119

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SB2013030505 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for mediawiki119

Published: March 5, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2013030505
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1816)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

MediaWiki before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending a specially crafted request.


2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1817)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

MediaWiki before 1.19.4 and 1.20.x before 1.20.3 contains an error in the api.php script which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References