Debian DSA-4787-1 : moin - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 142664

Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in moin, a Python clone of WikiWiki.

- CVE-2020-15275 Catarina Leite discovered that moin is prone to a stored XSS vulnerability via SVG attachments.

- CVE-2020-25074 Michael Chapman discovered that moin is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability via the cache action.

Solution

Upgrade the moin packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.9-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15275

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25074

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/moin

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/moin

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4787

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 142664

File Name: debian_DSA-4787.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:moin

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15275, CVE-2020-25074

DSA: 4787