Description
Unspecified vulnerability the edit comment formatting functionality in MediaWiki 1.5.x before 1.5.6 and 1.4.x before 1.4.14 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via "certain malformed links."
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | mediawiki | 1.4.15-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mediawiki | 1.4.15-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | mediawiki | 1.4.15-1 | — |
References
- ADV-2006-0392 vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2006:003 vendor-advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=386609
- 18717 third-party-advisory
- mediawiki-comment-format-dos(24478) vdb-entry
- 18711 third-party-advisory