CVE-2015-6735

Impact

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

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100211
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100211
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05