From d7d08bd1a17618c7d77a6b9b2989e9f7293d6ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Schmitz Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:19:58 +0200 Subject: added security patch -> 1.10.2 --- RELEASE-NOTES | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) (limited to 'RELEASE-NOTES') diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index a2bc56c5..ac1b7a47 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -3,6 +3,37 @@ Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can. +== MediaWiki 1.10.2 == + +September 10, 2007 + +This is a security fix update to the Spring 2007 quarterly release snapshot. +A possible HTML/XSS injection vector in the API pretty-printing mode has +been found and fixed. + +The vulnerability may be worked around in an unfixed version by simply +disabling the API interface if it is not in use, by adding this to +LocalSettings.php: + + $wgEnableAPI = false; + +Not vulnerable versions: +* 1.11 >= 1.11.0 +* 1.10 >= 1.10.2 +* 1.9 >= 1.9.4 +* 1.8 >= 1.8.5 + +Vulnerable versions: +* 1.11 <= 1.11.0rc1 +* 1.10 <= 1.10.1 +* 1.9 <= 1.9.3 +* 1.8 <= 1.8.4 (if $wgEnableAPI has been switched on) + +MediaWiki 1.7 and below are not affected as they do not include +the faulty function, however the BotQuery extension is similarly +vulnerable unless updated to the latest SVN version. + + == MediaWiki 1.10.1 == July 13, 2007 -- cgit v1.2.2