CVE-2019-12473 Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.31.2-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.19% (56th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-MEDIAWIKI-531666
- published 9 Jun 2019
- disclosed 10 Jul 2019
Introduced: 9 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-12473 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
mediawiki
to version 1:1.31.2-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki
package and not the mediawiki
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12473
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204729
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-12473