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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : moin vulnerabilities (USN-1604-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62511

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize certain input, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain. (CVE-2011-1058)

It was discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled group names that contain virtual group names such as 'All', 'Known' or 'Trusted'. This could result in a remote user having incorrect permissions.
(CVE-2012-4404).

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Solution

Update the affected python-moinmoin package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1604-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62511

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1604-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-moinmoin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1058, CVE-2012-4404

BID: 46476, 55391

USN: 1604-1