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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-09 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: MoinMoin: Group ACL bypass |
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Date: July 11, 2004 |
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Bugs: #53126 |
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ID: 200407-09 |
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Synopsis |
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MoinMoin contains a bug allowing a user to bypass group ACLs (Access |
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Control Lists). |
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Background |
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MoinMoin is a Python clone of WikiWiki, based on PikiPiki. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-www/moinmoin <= 1.2.1 >= 1.2.2 |
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Description |
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MoinMoin contains a bug in the code handling administrative group ACLs. |
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A user created with the same name as an administrative group gains the |
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privileges of the administrative group. |
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Impact |
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If an administrative group called AdminGroup existed an attacker could |
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create a user called AdminGroup and gain the privileges of the group |
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AdminGroup. This could lead to unauthorized users gaining |
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administrative access. |
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Workaround |
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For every administrative group with special privileges create a user |
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with the same name as the group. |
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Resolution |
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All users should upgrade to the latest available version of MoinMoin, |
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as follows: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=net-ww/moinmoin-1.2.2" |
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# emerge ">=net-ww/moinmoin-1.2.2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] MoinMoin Announcement |
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=948103&group_id=8482&atid=108482 |
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[ 2 ] OSVDB Entry |
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http://www.osvdb.org/6704 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-09.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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