Bug 1569791 (CVE-2017-0367) - CVE-2017-0367 mediawiki: unsafe use of temporary directory
Summary: CVE-2017-0367 mediawiki: unsafe use of temporary directory
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-0367
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1570112
Blocks: 1569781
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Reported: 2018-04-20 01:05 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-10-21 20:01 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: mediawiki 1.28.1, mediawiki 1.27.2
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 20:01:53 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-04-20 01:05:32 UTC 
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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