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From: "Joshua J. Berry" <condordes@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200408-25 ] MoinMoin: Group ACL bypass
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:18:17
Message-Id: 20040826191540.GA17368@deneb.condordes.net
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: MoinMoin: Group ACL bypass
9 Date: August 26, 2004
10 Bugs: #57913
11 ID: 200408-25
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15 Synopsis
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18 MoinMoin contains a bug allowing anonymous users to bypass ACLs (Access
19 Control Lists) and carry out operations that should be limited to
20 authorized users.
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22 Background
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25 MoinMoin is a Python clone of WikiWiki, based on PikiPiki.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-www/moinmoin <= 1.2.2 >= 1.2.3
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35 Description
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38 MoinMoin contains two unspecified bugs, one allowing anonymous users
39 elevated access when not using ACLs, and the other in the ACL handling
40 in the PageEditor.
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42 Impact
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45 Restrictions on anonymous users were not properly enforced. This could
46 lead to unauthorized users gaining administrative access to functions
47 such as "revert" and "delete". Sites are vulnerable whether or not they
48 are using ACLs.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround.
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55 Resolution
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58 All users should upgrade to the latest available version of MoinMoin,
59 as follows:
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61 # emerge sync
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63 # emerge -pv ">=net-ww/moinmoin-1.2.3"
64 # emerge ">=net-ww/moinmoin-1.2.3"
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66 References
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69 [ 1 ] MoinMoin Announcement
70 https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=8482&release_id=254801
71 [ 2 ] OSVDB Advisory 8194
72 http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8194
73 [ 3 ] OSVDB Advisory 8195
74 http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8195
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76 Availability
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79 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
80 the Gentoo Security Website:
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82 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-25.xml
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84 Concerns?
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87 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
88 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
89 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
90 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
91 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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93 License
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96 Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
97 belongs to its owner(s).
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99 The contents of this document are licensed under the
100 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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102 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0