Wikimedia Potential DOS due to slow WatchedItemStore::countVisitingWatchersMultiple
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1 might allow DoS. Passing invalid titles to the API could cause a DoS by querying the entire watchlist table. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-12473US | high7.5 | — | ||
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1 might allow DoS. Passing invalid titles to the API could cause a DoS by querying the entire watchlist table. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12473.yamlWEB
- https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawikiPACKAGE
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.htmlWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12473ADVISORY
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204729WEB
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12WEB
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460WEB
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