PT-2017-6356 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Published 2015-02-21 · Updated 2017-11-08 · CVE-2014-9487

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.24.1 MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.8 MediaWiki versions prior to 1.22.15 MediaWiki versions prior to 1.19.23

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. XXE attack refers to a type of attack where an application parses XML input containing malicious external entities, allowing attackers to access sensitive data or disrupt service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.24.1, update to version 1.24.1 or later. For versions prior to 1.23.8, update to version 1.23.8 or later. For versions prior to 1.22.15, update to version 1.22.15 or later. For versions prior to 1.19.23, update to version 1.19.23 or later.

Fix

DoS

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1194

CVE-2014-9487

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 21

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9476 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9475 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9477 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9479 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9480 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9478 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-1194 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9487 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201502-04 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-December/000173.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9487 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9481 · Security Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T76195 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/13 · Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T69180 · Note