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CVE-2012-4885

Published: Sep 09, 2012 | Modified: Sep 10, 2012
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4885
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17 (including) 1.17 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17-beta_1 (including) 1.17-beta_1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.0 (including) 1.17.0 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.0-rc1 (including) 1.17.0-rc1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.1 (including) 1.17.1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.17.2 (including) 1.17.2 (including)
Mediawiki Ubuntu hardy *
Mediawiki Ubuntu lucid *
Mediawiki Ubuntu natty *
Mediawiki Ubuntu oneiric *
Mediawiki Ubuntu precise *

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