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Subject: CVS commit: [pkgsrc-2009Q4] pkgsrc/www/mediawiki
From: Matthias Scheler
Date: 2010-04-07 12:21:11
Message id: 20100407102111.8DAA4175DF@cvs.netbsd.org
Log Message:
Pullup ticket #3073 - requested by martti
mediawiki: security update
Revisions pulled up:
- www/mediawiki/Makefile 1.11
- www/mediawiki/distinfo 1.7
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Module Name: pkgsrc
Committed By: martti
Date: Wed Apr 7 05:40:11 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
pkgsrc/www/mediawiki: Makefile distinfo
Log Message:
Updated www/mediawiki to 1.15.3
This is a security and bugfix release of MediaWiki 1.15.3 and MediaWiki
1.16.0beta2.
MediaWiki was found to be vulnerable to login CSRF. An attacker who
controls a user account on the target wiki can force the victim to log
in as the attacker, via a script on an external website. If the wiki is
configured to allow user scripts, say with "$wgAllowUserJs = true" in
LocalSettings.php, then the attacker can proceed to mount a
phishing-style attack against the victim to obtain their password.
Even without user scripting, this attack is a potential nuisance, and so
all public wikis should be upgraded if possible.
Our fix includes a breaking change to the API login action. Any clients
using it will need to be updated. We apologise for making such a
disruptive change in a minor release, but we feel that security is
paramount.
For more details see https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23076
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