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MediaWiki-announce September 2013

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MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8
by Chris Steipp 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

I would like to announce the release of MediaWiki 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8. These releases fix 3 security related bugs that could affect users of MediaWiki. Download links are given at the end of this email. * Mozilla, and other developers, reported a full path disclosure in MediaWiki, when an invalid language is specified in ResourceLoader <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332> * An internal review found several API modules allowed anti-CSRF tokens to be accessed via JSONP. <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49090> * Andreas Peetz reported an issue with the MediaWiki API where an invalid property name could be used for XSS with older versions of Internet Explorer. <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52746> Additionally, the following extensions have been updated to fix security issues: * CentralAuth: An internal review found an authentication regression that allowed an attacker to bypass authentication <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52338> * SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi: Mateusz Goik reported an XSS in the included example.php script <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49070> * CheckUser: Alex Monk reported and fixed that CheckUser didn't require anti-CSRF tokens for checking users <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45019> * Wikibase: Liangent reported and fixed an XSS <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53472> * LiquidThreads: Alex Monk reported and fixed an XSS <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53320> Full release notes for 1.21.2: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21> Full release notes for 1.20.7: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20> Full release notes for 1.19.8: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19> For information about how to upgrade, see <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading> ********************************************************************** 1.21.2 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.2.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.21.1): http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.2.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-core-1.21.2.tar.gz.s… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.2.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.21/mediawiki-1.21.2.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** 1.20.7 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-1.20.7.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.20.6): http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-1.20.7.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-core-1.20.7.tar.gz.s… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-1.20.7.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.20/mediawiki-1.20.7.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** 1.19.8 ********************************************************************** Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.8.tar.gz Patch to previous version (1.19.7): http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.8.patch.gz GPG signatures: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-core-1.19.8.tar.gz.s… http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.8.tar.gz.sig http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.19/mediawiki-1.19.8.patch.gz.sig Public keys: https://www.mediawiki.org/keys/keys.html ********************************************************************** Extension:CentralAuth ********************************************************************** Information and Download: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CentralAuth ********************************************************************** Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi ********************************************************************** Information and Download: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi ********************************************************************** Extension:CheckUser ********************************************************************** Information and Download: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser ********************************************************************** Extension:Wikibase ********************************************************************** Information and Download: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase ********************************************************************** Extension:LiquidThreads ********************************************************************** Information and Download: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LiquidThreads

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