MediaWiki: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') (CVE-2021-46149)
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
01/10/2022
01/18/2022
01/17/2022
03/07/2024
Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. A denial of service (resource consumption) can be accomplished by searching for a very long key in a Language Name Search.
Solution(s)
- mediawiki-upgrade-1_35_5
- mediawiki-upgrade-1_36_3
- mediawiki-upgrade-1_37_1
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