CVE-2012-4885

The wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain input, as demonstrated by the padleft function.

🔗 References (16)

• cve@mitrehttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
• cve@mitrehttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/48504
• cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
• cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
• cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555
• cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22555