fkie_cve-2012-4885
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2012-09-09 21:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.1
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.2
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.1


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