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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-6735
The reset functionality in the TimedMediaHandler extension for MediaWiki does...
Vulnerability Description
The reset functionality in the TimedMediaHandler extension for MediaWiki does not create a new transcode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (transcode deletion) by resetting a transcode.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100211
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
Affected Vendor
timedmediahandler project
View all reports →Affected Software
timedmediahandler
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 1st, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.