MGASA-2013-0221

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    MGASA-2013-0221

    Published: 21 Jul 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2114

    Summary: Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: MediaWiki user Marco discovered that security checks for file uploads were not being run when the file was uploaded in chunks through the API. This option has been available to users who can upload files since MediaWiki 1.19 (CVE-2013-2114).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0221.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10784, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-May/000131.html, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20#MediaWiki_1.20.6

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.20.6-1.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High