CVE-2021-41799
published 2021-10-11CVE-2021-41799: MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks…
PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.65%
73.8th percentile
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.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | mediawiki | < mediawiki 1:1.35.4-1 (bookworm) | mediawiki 1:1.35.4-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | < 1.36.2 | 1.36.2 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1 | 1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1 | 1:1.35.4-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1 | 1:1.35.4-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.35.4-1 | 1:1.35.4-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-h7pp-5ppj-95mv: MediaWiki before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2021-41799 [HIGH] CWE-770 GHSA-h7pp-5ppj-95mv: MediaWiki before 1
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.
OSV
CVE-2021-41799: MediaWiki before 1
osv·2021-10-11·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-41799 [HIGH] CVE-2021-41799: MediaWiki before 1
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.
Red Hat
mediawiki: ApiQueryBacklinks can cause a full table scan and as a result DoS
vendor_redhat·2021-09-30·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-41799 [HIGH] CWE-400 mediawiki: ApiQueryBacklinks can cause a full table scan and as a result DoS
mediawiki: ApiQueryBacklinks can cause a full table scan and as a result DoS
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.
When processing ApiQueryBacklinks, the full db table scan might be initiated what can cause resource exhaustion and in a consequence the denial of service (DoS).
Statement: OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 3.11 is in maintenance support for low and moderate impact vulnerabilities, hence the OCP 3.11 mediawiki component has been marked as out of support scope.
Package: mediawiki (Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11) - Out of support scope
Debian
CVE-2021-41799: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-41799 [HIGH] CVE-2021-41799: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:1.35.4-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:1.35.4-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:1.35.4-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:1.35.4-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
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2021-10-11
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