MediaWiki History Database Corruption Vulnerability

BID:15041

Info

MediaWiki History Database Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15041
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 07 2005 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in the referenced SUSE advisory.
Vulnerable: MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.10
+ S.u.S.E. beagle 10.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MediaWiki History Database Corruption Vulnerability

MediaWiki is prone to a vulnerability that could result in a corruption of the database.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to corrupt the most recent revision in the database.

Exploit / POC

MediaWiki History Database Corruption Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

MediaWiki History Database Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
SUSE Linux has released Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2005:022 addressing this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

MediaWiki History Database Corruption Vulnerability

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