Fedora 40 MediaWiki Update: Advisory 2025-11277f6779 Critical Patch
Summary
MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia
Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent
range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple
servers
This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki
instances under /usr/share/doc/mediawiki/README.RPM.
Remember to remove the config dir after completing the configuration.
Update Information:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech- l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/PFTE5RHUERS6KTUGGRZO7XXV5THNJ77E/ https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki- announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/5NYC4UZLY3MWQZ6DYJAUQRJG2ZHZFBJ6/
Change Log
* Thu Jan 16 2025 Michael Cronenworth
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2316896 - CVE-2024-47848 mediawiki: User can review/unreview articles while blocked [fedora-40]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2316896
[ 2 ] Bug #2338424 - CVE on mediawiki 1.41.2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2338424
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-11277f6779' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label