Description
The reset functionality in the TimedMediaHandler extension for MediaWiki does not create a new transcode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (transcode deletion) by resetting a transcode.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100211 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6 ↗
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362 ↗