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Gentoo update for mediawiki
Secunia Advisory: SA19517
Release Date: 2006-04-04
Popularity: 5,513 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1498


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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