CVE-2022-28203

NameCVE-2022-28203
DescriptionA denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3117-1, DSA-5246-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mediawiki (PTS)bullseye1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:1.39.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourcebuster1:1.31.16-1+deb10u3DLA-3117-1
mediawikisourcebullseye1:1.35.8-1~deb11u1DSA-5246-1
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.35.6-1

Notes

[stretch] - mediawiki <postponed> (Fix along in next security release)
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T297731
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/YJNXKPV5Z56NSUQ4G3SXPDUIZG5EQ7UR/

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