| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki (PTS) | stretch | 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:1.31.7-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1:1.31.10-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 1:1.35.0-1 | 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 |
[wheezy] - mediawiki <end-of-life> (not supported in Wheezy LTS)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2016-August/086342.html