CVE-2012-4885
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-09-09 21:00
Modified
2024-09-16 23:51
Severity ?
Summary
The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/48504Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48504Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
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