CVE-2015-2937
published 2015-04-13CVE-2015-2937: MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM or Zend PHP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
PriorityP429high7.1CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNINAC
EPSS
2.69%
84.3th percentile
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM or Zend PHP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("quadratic blowup" and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2942.
Affected
54 ranges· showing 25
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| debian | mediawiki | < mediawiki 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 (bookworm) | mediawiki 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 (bookworm) |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.07.1HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv7.1HIGH
vendor_debian7.1LOW
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GHSA
GHSA-g2xw-jrgp-4j4f: MediaWiki before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2015-2937 [HIGH] GHSA-g2xw-jrgp-4j4f: MediaWiki before 1
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM or Zend PHP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("quadratic blowup" and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2942.
GHSA
GHSA-mmcv-w5m4-3p9m: MediaWiki before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2015-2942 [HIGH] GHSA-mmcv-w5m4-3p9m: MediaWiki before 1
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.
OSV
CVE-2015-2942: MediaWiki before 1
osv·2015-04-13·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2015-2942 [HIGH] CVE-2015-2942: MediaWiki before 1
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.
OSV
CVE-2015-2937: MediaWiki before 1
osv·2015-04-13·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2015-2937 [HIGH] CVE-2015-2937: MediaWiki before 1
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM or Zend PHP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("quadratic blowup" and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2942.
Debian
CVE-2015-2937: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when usi...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2015-2937 [HIGH] CVE-2015-2937: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when usi...
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM or Zend PHP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("quadratic blowup" and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2942.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
Debian
CVE-2015-2942: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when usi...
vendor_debian·2015·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2015-2942 [HIGH] CVE-2015-2942: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when usi...
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.htmlhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T71210https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.htmlhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T71210https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
2015-04-13
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