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Debian DSA-2083-1 : moin - missing input sanitization

medium Nessus Plugin ID 48240

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that moin, a python clone of WikiWiki, does not sufficiently sanitize parameters when passing them to the add_msg function. This allows a remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks for example via the template parameter.

Solution

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.1-3+lenny5.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=584809

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2083

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 48240

File Name: debian_DSA-2083.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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

Temporal Score: 3.2

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: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: 8/2/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2487, CVE-2010-2969, CVE-2010-2970

BID: 40549

DSA: 2083