CVE-2015-2936
First published: Mon Apr 13 2015(Updated: )
MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.24.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.24.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mediawiki
- canonical/mediawiki mediawiki
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.24.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.24.1