UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8001

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8001

    Published: 9 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
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    Summary:

    Details: The chunked upload API (ApiUpload) in MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 does not restrict the uploaded data to the claimed file size, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a chunk that exceeds the file size.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.27.4-3?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.27.4-3

    Affected versions

    1:1.27.3-1
    1:1.27.4-1
    1:1.27.4-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High