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GLSA-200805-09 : MoinMoin: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32300

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200805-09 (MoinMoin: Privilege escalation)

 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 :

 A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain superuser privileges on the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MoinMoin users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/moinmoin-1.6.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200805-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32300

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200805-09.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:moinmoin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1937

CWE: 264

GLSA: 200805-09