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Debian: CVE-2019-19709: mediawiki -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-19709: mediawiki -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/11/2019
Created
12/31/2019
Added
12/30/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

Description

MediaWiki through 1.33.1 allows attackers to bypass the Title_blacklist protection mechanism by starting with an arbitrary title, establishing a non-resolvable redirect for the associated page, and using redirect=1 in the action API when editing that page.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-mediawiki

References

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