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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-41799: MediaWiki: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Oct 11, 2021

Added

May 23, 2023

Modified

Mar 31, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-apps-mediawiki

References

CVE-2021-41799
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-41799
CWE-770
EUVD-EUVD-2021-28807
GENTOO-202305-24
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-28807

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