Debian DSA-2014-1 : moin - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 45056

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in moin, a python clone of WikiWiki. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2010-0668 Multiple security issues in MoinMoin related to configurations that have a non-empty superuser list, the xmlrpc action enabled, the SyncPages action enabled, or OpenID configured.

- CVE-2010-0669 MoinMoin does not properly sanitize user profiles.

- CVE-2010-0717 The default configuration of cfg.packagepages_actions_excluded in MoinMoin does not prevent unsafe package actions.

In addition, this update fixes an error when processing hierarchical ACLs, which can be exploited to access restricted sub-pages.

Solution

Upgrade the moin package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.1-3+lenny3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 45056

File Name: debian_DSA-2014.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/15/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:moin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4762, CVE-2010-0668, CVE-2010-0669, CVE-2010-0717

BID: 38023

CWE: 16

DSA: 2014

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