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Debian: DSA-2321-1 Critical: Moin Cross-Site Scripting Issue

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Calendar Grey October 10, 2011
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Essential patch released targeting a security vulnerability related to cross-site scripting in Moin for multiple Debian versions. Updating is advised.
A cross-site scriping vulnerability was discovered in the rst parser of Moin, a Python clone of WikiWiki
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Summary

A cross-site scriping vulnerability was discovered in the rst parser of
Moin, a Python clone of WikiWiki.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.7.1-3+lenny6.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.3-1+squeeze1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.3-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your moin packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: moin
CVE ID: CVE-2011-1058

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