| Name | CVE-2016-6337 |
| Description | MediaWiki 1.27.x before 1.27.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended session access restrictions by leveraging a call to the UserGetRights function after Session::getAllowedUserRights. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mediawiki (PTS) | bullseye | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:1.39.12-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1:1.43.1+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| sid | 1:1.43.3+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mediawiki | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| mediawiki | source | (unstable) | 1:1.27.1-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - mediawiki <end-of-life> (not supported in Wheezy LTS)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-August/086342.html