ghsa-c8wv-qwwc-6j73
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:17
Modified
2024-02-01 21:50
Summary
MediaWiki allows a denial of service
Details

MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.

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{
   affected: [
      {
         package: {
            ecosystem: "Packagist",
            name: "mediawiki/core",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "1.36.2",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2021-41800",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-770",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2024-02-01T21:50:08Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2021-10-11T08:15:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.",
   id: "GHSA-c8wv-qwwc-6j73",
   modified: "2024-02-01T21:50:08Z",
   published: "2022-05-24T19:17:14Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41800",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/781caf83dba90c18349f930bbaaa0e89f003f874",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDBPECBWN6LWNSWIQMVXK6PP4YFEUYHA",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284419",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "MediaWiki allows a denial of service",
}


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