Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 11, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2021-41799
CVE-2021-41799
Description
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&list=backlinks) can cause a full table scan.
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Affected products
3- MediaWiki/MediaWikidescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDBPECBWN6LWNSWIQMVXK6PP4YFEUYHA/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX/mitrevendor-advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5/mitre
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290394mitre
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