This page tracks the Debian fix status. The vulnerability itself is described on the main CVE page.
View CVE-2021-41799 →
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41799
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&li...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
MediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows a denial of service (resource consumption because of lengthy query processing time). ApiQueryBacklinks (action=query&list=backlinks) can cause a full table scan.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.35.4-1"}]}]
Debian:13
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.35.4-1"}]}]
Debian:14
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.35.4-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org