CVE-2006-0322 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in MediaWiki comment formatting using malformed links.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-0322?
CVE-2006-0322 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 19 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability the edit comment formatting functionality in MediaWiki 1.5.x before 1.5.6 and 1.4.x before 1.4.14 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via "certain malformed links."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0322?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0322?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-0322 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0322 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0322, GHSA-w3c7-vg85-3mh8.