GLSA-201309-14 : MoinMoin: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70110

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-201309-14 (MoinMoin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MoinMoin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, overwrite arbitrary files, or conduct Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
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-1.9.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70110

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201309-14.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/2/2013

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (MoinMoin twikidraw Action Traversal File Upload)

Elliot (MoinMoin 1.9.5 RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6080, CVE-2012-6081, CVE-2012-6082, CVE-2012-6495

BID: 57076, 57082, 57089, 57147

GLSA: 201309-14