| Name | CVE-2015-2936 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mediawiki (PTS) | stretch (security) | 1:1.27.7-1+deb9u11 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:1.27.7-1+deb9u13 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:1.31.16-1+deb10u8 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.39.10-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mediawiki | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| mediawiki | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| mediawiki | source | (unstable) | 1:1.19.20+dfsg-2.3 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - mediawiki <end-of-life> (Not supported in Wheezy LTS)
[squeeze] - mediawiki <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1