Debian DSA-3715-1 : moin - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 94902

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several cross-site scripting vulnerabilities were discovered in moin, a Python clone of WikiWiki. A remote attacker can conduct cross-site scripting attacks via the GUI editor's attachment dialogue (CVE-2016-7146 ), the AttachFile view (CVE-2016-7148 ) and the GUI editor's link dialogue (CVE-2016-9119 ).

Solution

Upgrade the moin packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.8-1+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 94902

File Name: debian_DSA-3715.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:moin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7146, CVE-2016-7148, CVE-2016-9119

DSA: 3715

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