Bug 831876 (CVE-2012-2698)

Summary:	CVE-2012-2698 mediawiki: XSS flaw in the uselang http parameter
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	Axel.Thimm, smooge
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Bug Depends On:	831879, 831880
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Description Vincent Danen 2012-06-14 01:29:15 UTC

Mediawiki 1.17.5, 1.18.4, and 1.19.1 were released today to fix a XSS vulnerability in the useland http parameter [1].

[1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938

While 1.16.x isn't explicitly mentioned (and is what is currently shipping in Fedora), the liklihood of it being affected is high.  It is also really old and out-of-date, so it might be prudent to update to one of the supported versions.

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2012-06-14 01:32:11 UTC

Created mediawiki tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 831879]

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2012-06-14 01:32:14 UTC

Created mediawiki116 tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: epel-all [bug 831880]

Comment 3 Kurt Seifried 2012-06-14 02:00:59 UTC

Added CVE as per http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2