Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.35.11-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-MEDIAWIKI-3182931
  • published26 Dec 2022
  • disclosed12 Jan 2023

Introduced: 26 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-47927  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 mediawiki to version 1:1.35.11-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.

CVSS Scores

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