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CVE-2022-28203:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A denial-of-service vulnerability was discovered in MediaWiki affecting versions before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2022-28203 and was publicly disclosed in March 2022 (CVE Mitre).
Technical details
The vulnerability occurs when requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition in environments where many files exist. This condition can trigger a very long-running query, potentially leading to denial of service conditions (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability can result in denial-of-service conditions on affected MediaWiki installations, particularly impacting systems with large file repositories (Debian Security).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in MediaWiki versions 1.35.6, 1.36.4, and 1.37.2 and later. Various Linux distributions have also released security updates to address this issue, including Debian which released fixes in version 1:1.35.8-1~deb11u1 for the bullseye distribution and version 1:1.31.16-1+deb10u3 for the buster distribution (Debian LTS, Debian Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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