CVE-2022-28203

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-28203
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-19 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-03 20:44:00 UTC
DescriptionA denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-763

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5246-1 mediawiki DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3117-1] mediawiki security update MLIST lists.debian.org
⚓ T297731 CVE-2022-28203: Requesting Special:NewFiles in commons with actor as a condition can bring the whole database down MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181071 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DLA 3117-1)
  • 181110 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (DSA 5246-1)
  • 184841 Debian Security Update for mediawiki (CVE-2022-28203)
  • 690827 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mediawiki (79ea6066-b40e-11ec-8b93-080027b24e86)
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