VWE-2017-3679 Printable Version

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Common Name None
VWE-ID VWE-2017-3679
Related Report None
Severity Extreme
Exploit Difficulty EASY
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description Denial of Service Amplification involving specific nesting combinations of MediaWiki syntax, if support for MediaWiki syntax is enabled. Does not affect Lite versions.

Discovered March 7, 2017
Resolved March 30, 2017
Patches Available 4.0.17 Patch Level 1
4.0.16 Patch Level 2
4.0.15 Patch Level 6
4.0.14 Patch Level 9
4.0.13 Patch Level 9
4.0.12 Patch Level 10
4.0.11 Patch Level 10
4.0.10 Patch Level 11
Workaround Options > VaultWiki: Miscellaneous > Enable Support for Legacy Wiki Syntax = Disabled.
The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.

Common Name	None
VWE-ID	VWE-2017-3679
Related Report	None
Severity	Extreme
Exploit Difficulty	EASY
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	Denial of Service Amplification involving specific nesting combinations of MediaWiki syntax, if support for MediaWiki syntax is enabled. Does not affect Lite versions.
Discovered	March 7, 2017
Resolved	March 30, 2017
Patches Available	4.0.17 Patch Level 1 4.0.16 Patch Level 2 4.0.15 Patch Level 6 4.0.14 Patch Level 9 4.0.13 Patch Level 9 4.0.12 Patch Level 10 4.0.11 Patch Level 10 4.0.10 Patch Level 11
Workaround	Options > VaultWiki: Miscellaneous > Enable Support for Legacy Wiki Syntax = Disabled.