fkie_cve-2015-6736
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2015-09-01 14:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
quiz_project quiz -


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{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:quiz_project:quiz:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "B3FD38EC-1AA5-46C4-8FD1-306825CBE7CE",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Quiz extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via regex metacharacters in a regular expression."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad en la extensi\u00f3n Quiz para MediaWiki, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio a trav\u00e9s de metacaracteres regex en una expresi\u00f3n regular."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2015-6736",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 5.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2015-09-01T14:59:14.650",
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    },
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-17"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


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