CVE-2015-2936

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.1 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 2015-04-13 07:59

Updated : 2016-12-07 10:10

NVD link : CVE-2015-2936

Mitre link : CVE-2015-2936

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

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