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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-6728: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-6728: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/01/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The ApiBase::getWatchlistUser function in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 does not perform token comparison in constant time, which allows remote attackers to guess the watchlist token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-apps-mediawiki

References

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