Bug 1569791 – CVE-2017-0367 mediawiki: unsafe use of temporary directory

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Bug 1569791 - (CVE-2017-0367) CVE-2017-0367 mediawiki: unsafe use of temporary directory

Summary:	CVE-2017-0367 mediawiki: unsafe use of temporary directory

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-0367

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1570112
Blocks:	1569781
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Reported:	2018-04-19 21:05 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified:	2018-06-29 18:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	12 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	mediawiki 1.28.1, mediawiki 1.27.2
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-04-19 21:05:32 EDT

A flaw was found in Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2. Affected versions contains an unsafe use of temporary directory, where having LocalisationCache directory default to system tmp directory is insecure.


References:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161453
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.html

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