CVE-2021-41800
published 2021-10-11CVE-2021-41800: MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can…
PriorityP428medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAL
EPSS
1.74%
75.1th percentile
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.
Affected
10 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 | core | >= 0 < 1.36.2 | 1.36.2 |
| 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
nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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Red Hat
mediawiki: mishandled PoolCounter's protection may result DoS when visiting Special:Contributions.
vendor_redhat·2021-09-30·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2021-41800 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 mediawiki: mishandled PoolCounter's protection may result DoS when visiting Special:Contributions.
mediawiki: mishandled PoolCounter's protection may result DoS when visiting Special:Contributions.
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.
A flaw was found in MediaWiki, where Visiting Special:Contributions may result in a long query due to mishandled PoolCounter protection. This issue may cause resource exhaustion, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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 mar
Debian
CVE-2021-41800: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2021-41800 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-41800: 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). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.
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)
OSV
MediaWiki allows a denial of service
osv·2022-05-24
CVE-2021-41800 [MEDIUM] MediaWiki allows a denial of service
MediaWiki allows a denial of service
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.
GHSA
MediaWiki allows a denial of service
ghsa·2022-05-24
CVE-2021-41800 [MEDIUM] CWE-770 MediaWiki allows a denial of service
MediaWiki allows a denial of service
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.
OSV
CVE-2021-41800: MediaWiki before 1
osv·2021-10-11·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2021-41800 [MEDIUM] CVE-2021-41800: MediaWiki before 1
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). Visiting Special:Contributions can sometimes result in a long running SQL query because PoolCounter protection is mishandled.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/781caf83dba90c18349f930bbaaa0e89f003f874https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDBPECBWN6LWNSWIQMVXK6PP4YFEUYHA/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX/https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5/https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284419https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/781caf83dba90c18349f930bbaaa0e89f003f874https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CJDYJQWT43GBD6GNQ4OW7JOZ6WQ6DZTN/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MDBPECBWN6LWNSWIQMVXK6PP4YFEUYHA/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNEAI2T3Y65I55ZB6UE6RMC662RZTGRX/https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l%40lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5/https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T284419https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24
2021-10-11
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