[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200805-09 ] MoinMoin: Privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-09

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: MoinMoin: Privilege escalation

Date: May 11, 2008

Bugs: #218752

ID: 200805-09

 

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Synopsis

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A vulnerability in MoinMoin may allow a remote attacker to elevate his

privileges.

 

Background

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MoinMoin is an advanced and extensible Wiki Engine.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 www-apps/moinmoin < 1.6.3 >= 1.6.3

 

Description

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It has been reported that the user form processing in the file

userform.py does not properly manage users when using Access Control

Lists or a non-empty superusers list.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain superuser

privileges on the application.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All MoinMoin users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/moinmoin-1.6.3"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1937

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1937

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-09.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

http://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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