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From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200805-09 ] MoinMoin: Privilege escalation
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 13:29:19
Message-Id: 4826F461.7060707@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Normal
11 Title: MoinMoin: Privilege escalation
12 Date: May 11, 2008
13 Bugs: #218752
14 ID: 200805-09
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18 Synopsis
19 ========
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21 A vulnerability in MoinMoin may allow a remote attacker to elevate his
22 privileges.
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24 Background
25 ==========
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27 MoinMoin is an advanced and extensible Wiki Engine.
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29 Affected packages
30 =================
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33 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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35 1 www-apps/moinmoin < 1.6.3 >= 1.6.3
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37 Description
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40 It has been reported that the user form processing in the file
41 userform.py does not properly manage users when using Access Control
42 Lists or a non-empty superusers list.
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44 Impact
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47 A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain superuser
48 privileges on the application.
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50 Workaround
51 ==========
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All MoinMoin users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/moinmoin-1.6.3"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1937
67 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1937
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-09.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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