Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20152942000
Revision Date:2015-04-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-2942 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:MediaWiki before 1.19.24, 1.2x before 1.23.9, and 1.24.x before 1.24.2, when using HHVM, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large number of nested entity references in an (1) SVG file or (2) XMP metadata in a PDF file, aka a "billion laughs attack," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2937.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-2942
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'mediawiki' package in bionic is not affected (note: '1:1.27.4-3').
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