USN-925-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 April 2010

Overview

MoinMoin vulnerabilities


Packages

Details

It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when
processing Despam actions, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerabilities. If a privileged wiki user were tricked into performing
the Despam action on a page with a crafted title, a remote attacker could
exploit this to execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2010-0828)

It was discovered that the TextCha protection in MoinMoin could be bypassed
by submitting a crafted form request. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10.
(CVE-2010-1238)

It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when
processing Despam actions, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerabilities. If a privileged wiki user were tricked into performing
the Despam action on a page with a crafted title, a remote attacker could
exploit this to execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2010-0828)

It was discovered that the TextCha protection in MoinMoin could be bypassed
by submitting a crafted form request. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10.
(CVE-2010-1238)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.10 karmic python-moinmoin –  1.8.4-1ubuntu1.2
9.04 jaunty python-moinmoin –  1.8.2-2ubuntu2.3
8.10 intrepid python-moinmoin –  1.7.1-1ubuntu1.5
8.04 hardy python-moinmoin –  1.5.8-5.1ubuntu2.4
6.06 dapper python2.4-moinmoin –  1.5.2-1ubuntu2.6

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