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Gentoo: 200407-09 Normal: MoinMoin Group ACL Bypass Threat

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2004
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MoinMoin presents a security flaw that could enable unauthorized entry within Gentoo Linux. It is vital to update your system to protect against this vulnerability.
MoinMoin contains a bug allowing a user to bypass group ACLs (Access Control Lists).

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-09 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MoinMoin: Group ACL bypass Date: July 11, 2004 Bugs: #53126 ID: 200407-09

Synopsis ======= MoinMoin contains a bug allowing a user to bypass group ACLs (Access Control Lists).
Background ========= MoinMoin is a Python clone of WikiWiki, based on PikiPiki.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-www/moinmoin <= 1.2.1 >= 1.2.2
========== MoinMoin contains a bug in the code handling administrative group ACLs. A user created with the same name as an administrative group gains the privileges of the administrative group.
Impact ===== If an admin...

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