CVE-2015-6735 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2015-09-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:timedmediahandler_project:timedmediahandler:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6673	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01612.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165193.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/12/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/27/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76362
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2015-August/000179.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T100211
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

History

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Subscriptions

Timedmediahandler Project Timedmediahandler

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-01T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.816Z

Reserved: 2015-08-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6735

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-01T14:59:13.590

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6735

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-17

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