Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for mediawiki. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mediawiki
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19517
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19517/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for mediawiki. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
script insertion attacks.
For more information:
SA19508
SOLUTION:
Update to "www-apps/mediawiki-1.4.15" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-01.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19508:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19508/
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