CVE-2021-41799
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&list=backlinks) can cause a full table scan.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41799
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 1.36.2-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.35.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.35.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.35.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.35.4-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.