cve-2015-2936
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-04-13 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 05:32
Severity ?
Summary
MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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