SB2014020206 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for mediawiki119

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SB2014020206 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for mediawiki119

Published: February 2, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2014020206
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1610)

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to read and manipulate data.

MediaWiki 1.22.x before 1.22.2, 1.21.x before 1.21.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.11, when DjVu or PDF file upload support is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the page parameter to includes/media/DjVu.php; (2) the w parameter (aka width field) to thumb.php, which is not properly handled by includes/media/PdfHandler_body.php; and possibly unspecified vectors in (3) includes/media/Bitmap.php and (4) includes/media/ImageHandler.php.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References