Debian: DSA-1715-1: New moin packages fix insufficient input sanitising

Date29 Jan 2009

CategoryDebian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

It was discovered that the AttachFile action in moin, a python clone of WikiWiki, is prone to cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2009-0260). Another cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in the


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1715                    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                           Steffen Joeris
January 29, 2009                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : moin
Vulnerability  : insufficient input sanitising
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2009-0260 CVE-2009-0312
Debian Bug     : 513158


It was discovered that the AttachFile action in moin, a python clone of
WikiWiki, is prone to cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2009-0260).
Another cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in the
antispam feature (CVE-2009-0312).


For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5.3-1.2etch2.

For the testing (lenny) distribution these problems have been fixed in
version 1.7.1-3+lenny1.

For the unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.1-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your moin packages.

Upgrade instructions
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wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Debian (stable)
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

  https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moin_1.5.3-1.2etch2.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum:    40914 139bcec334ed7fbf1ca2bef3c89a8377
  https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moin_1.5.3.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum:  4187091 e95ec46ee8de9527a39793108de22f7d
  https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moin_1.5.3-1.2etch2.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum:      671 7b24d6f694511840a0a9da0c9f33f5ad

Architecture independent packages:

  https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/python-moinmoin_1.5.3-1.2etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:   914904 ab6158ae7010c3701859ceb26bd61bd2
  https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moinmoin-common_1.5.3-1.2etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum:  1595112 a46561072eb0ee26ee1a71275c0e64b3


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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