MGASA-2014-0157

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    MGASA-2014-0157

    Published: 3 Apr 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2665

    Summary: Updated mediawiki packages fix CVE-2014-2665

    Details: Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerability: Login CSRF issue in MediaWiki before 1.22.5 in Special:ChangePassword, whereby a user can be logged into an attackers account without being aware of it, allowing the attacker to track the user's activity (CVE-2014-2665). MediaWiki has been updated to version 1.22.5, fixing this and other issues.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0157.html, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/7, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13110

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.22.5-1.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