ghsa-c8wv-qwwc-6j73
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 19:17
Modified
2024-02-01 21:50
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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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