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Debian DSA-2538-1 : moin - privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61792

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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, incorrectly evaluates ACLs when virtual groups are involved. This may allow certain users to have additional permissions (privilege escalation) or lack expected permissions.

Solution

Upgrade the moin packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-1+squeeze2.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2538

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61792

File Name: debian_DSA-2538.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:moin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4404

BID: 55391

DSA: 2538