Fedora: Security Advisory for mediawiki (FEDORA-2020-a8ac31fed0)

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[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: mediawiki-1.32.6-1.fc31

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...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: mediawiki-1.32.6-1.fc30

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...

WordPress Plugin Bug in Popup Builder Threatens 100K Websites

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Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully...