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CVE-2015-2936 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685 CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1 CVE

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mediawiki mediawiki
1.24.0
1.24.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.24.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-2936
NVD Published Date:
Apr 13, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-2936 Details - Not Deferred