This page tracks the Debian fix status. The vulnerability itself is described on the main CVE page.
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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8814
The language converter in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows attackers to replace text inside tags via a r...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The language converter in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 allows attackers to replace text inside tags via a rule definition followed by "a lot of junk."
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.27.4-1"}]}]
Debian:13
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.27.4-1"}]}]
Debian:14
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.27.4-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org