GHSA-33xw-x3pr-rvqjhigh7.5
Wikimedia Potential DOS due to slow WatchedItemStore::countVisitingWatchersMultiple
The advisory, in context
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1 might allow DoS. Passing invalid titles to the API could cause a DoS by querying the entire watchlist table. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
Affected packages
Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.
mediawiki/core Packagist
Ecosystem versions
From 1.27.0 before 1.27.6
Fixed in 1.27.6
6 explicitly affected versions
1.27.0, 1.27.1, 1.27.2, 1.27.3, 1.27.4, 1.27.5
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.27.0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.27.6"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.27.0",
"1.27.1",
"1.27.2",
"1.27.3",
"1.27.4",
"1.27.5"
]
}mediawiki/core Packagist
Ecosystem versions
From 1.30.0 before 1.30.2
Fixed in 1.30.2
2 explicitly affected versions
1.30.0, 1.30.1
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.30.0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.30.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.30.0",
"1.30.1"
]
}mediawiki/core Packagist
Ecosystem versions
From 1.31.0 before 1.31.2
Fixed in 1.31.2
2 explicitly affected versions
1.31.0, 1.31.1
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.31.0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.31.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.31.0",
"1.31.1"
]
}mediawiki/core Packagist
Ecosystem versions
From 1.32.0 before 1.32.2
Fixed in 1.32.2
2 explicitly affected versions
1.32.0, 1.32.1
View affected-version evidence
{
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.32.0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.32.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.32.0",
"1.32.1"
]
}References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12473
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2019-12473.yaml
- https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204729
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460