CVE-2021-41799 log

Source
Severity Medium
Remote Yes
Type Denial of service
Description
A security issue has been found in MediaWiki before version 1.36.2. ApiQueryBacklinks can cause a full table scan, leading to high resource consumption.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-2434 mediawiki 1.36.1-1 1.36.2-1 Medium Fixed
References
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T290379
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/2533b13a4874da018e264a4f87a8e58313d02611%5E%21/