PT-2015-7700 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Robinhood70 · Published 2015-10-29 · Updated 2015-11-10 · CVE-2015-8001

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.11 MediaWiki versions 1.24.x prior to 1.24.4 MediaWiki versions 1.25.x prior to 1.25.3

Description The issue concerns the chunked upload API in MediaWiki, where the uploaded data is not restricted to the claimed file size. This allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service by uploading a chunk that exceeds the file size.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.23.11, update to version 1.23.11 or later. For versions 1.24.x prior to 1.24.4, update to version 1.24.4 or later. For versions 1.25.x prior to 1.25.3, update to version 1.25.3 or later.

Fix

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1935

CVE-2015-8001

MGASA-2015-0421

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 42

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6728 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2932 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2931 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8005 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0421 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8001 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6733 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2938 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8001 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8001 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8001 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2942 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8001 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8001 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8009 · Security Note