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FKIE_CVE-2017-0367

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-04-13 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:57
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 contains an unsafe use of temporary directory, where having LocalisationCache directory default to system tmp directory is insecure.
References
security@debian.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.htmlVendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161453Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0367Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-April/000207.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T161453Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0367Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mediawiki mediawiki *
mediawiki mediawiki *
debian debian_linux 7.0
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