MediaWiki Resource Management Errors Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2936 - Vulnerability Database

MediaWiki Resource Management Errors Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2936

High

Reference: CVE-2015-2936

NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2936

Title: MediaWiki Resource Management Errors Vulnerability

Overview:

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.