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CVE-2015-2936

CVE-2015-2936

EPSS 2.7%
MediaWiki 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using PBKDF2 for password hashing, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long password.
Affected products
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References
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-March/000175.htmlhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T64685https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:200http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/01/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/07/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73477