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FreeBSD: VID-79EA6066-B40E-11EC-8B93-080027B24E86 (CVE-2022-28203): mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-79EA6066-B40E-11EC-8B93-080027B24E86 (CVE-2022-28203): mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/12/2021
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

Description

A 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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mediawiki135
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mediawiki136
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-mediawiki137

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