CVE-2015-2936

MediaWiki 1.24.x < 1.24.2 - Denial of Service via Long Password

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0189
EPSS Percentile 83.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.24.0
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.24.1
Published Apr 13, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026