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CVE-2015-2942
Published: Apr 13, 2015
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
GLSA-201510-05
vendor-advisory
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73477
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[oss-security] 20150407 Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20150331 CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24
mailing-list
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[MediaWiki-announce] 20150331 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85848
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