CVE - CVE-2015-2937

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-2937	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM or Zend PHP, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("quadratic blowup" and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2942.
References
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BID:73477 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477 CONFIRM:https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T71210 GENTOO:GLSA-201510-05 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:200 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200~~ (Obsolete source) MLIST:[MediaWiki-announce] 20150331 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.24, 1.23.9, and 1.24.2 URL:https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20150331 CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150407 Re: CVE request: MediaWiki 1.24.2/1.23.9/1.19.24 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150407	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150407)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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