RHSA-2019:3238
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2019-10-29 16:10 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:10Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 mediawiki security update
Severity
Low
Notes
Topic: An update for mediawiki is now available for Red Hat OpenShift
Container Platform 3.10.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing
Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private
cloud deployments.
Security Fix(es):
* mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie' (CVE-2018-0503)
* mediawiki: Information exposure when a log event is (partially) hidden (CVE-2018-0504)
* mediawiki: BotPassword can bypass CentralAuth's account lock (CVE-2018-0505)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'.
5.3 (Medium)
Affected products
Fixed
3 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-0:1.27.7-1.el7.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-0:1.27.7-1.el7.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-doc-0:1.27.7-1.el7.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
Threats
Impact
Low
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains an information disclosure flaw in the Special:Redirect/logid
4.4 (Medium)
Affected products
Fixed
3 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-0:1.27.7-1.el7.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-0:1.27.7-1.el7.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-doc-0:1.27.7-1.el7.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
Threats
Impact
Low
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where BotPasswords can bypass CentralAuth's account lock
5.3 (Medium)
Affected products
Fixed
3 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-0:1.27.7-1.el7.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-0:1.27.7-1.el7.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-3.10:mediawiki-doc-0:1.27.7-1.el7.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
Threats
Impact
Low
References
18 references
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"title": "mediawiki: BotPassword can bypass CentralAuth\u0027s account lock"
}
]
}
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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