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MediaWiki: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-2017-0367)

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MediaWiki: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-2017-0367)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/13/2018
Created
10/26/2019
Added
10/23/2019
Modified
12/03/2019

Description

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 contains an unsafe use of temporary directory, where having LocalisationCache directory default to system tmp directory is insecure.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_27_2
  • mediawiki-upgrade-1_28_1

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