Debian DSA-1715-1 : moin - insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35550

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the AttachFile action in moin, a python clone of WikiWiki, is prone to cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2009-0260 ). Another cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in the antispam feature (CVE-2009-0312 ).

Solution

Upgrade the moin packages.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.3-1.2etch2.

For the testing (lenny) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.1-3+lenny1.

For the unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.1-1.1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35550

File Name: debian_DSA-1715.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/29/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:moin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0260, CVE-2009-0312

CWE: 79

DSA: 1715

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