Gentoo 200805-09 Normal: MoinMoin Privilege Escalation Issue
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May 11, 2008
A vulnerability in MoinMoin may allow a remote attacker to elevate his privileges.
Summary
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-09
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: MoinMoin: Privilege escalation
Date: May 11, 2008
Bugs: #218752
ID: 200805-09
Synopsis
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A vulnerability in MoinMoin may allow a remote attacker to elevate his
privileges.
Background
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MoinMoin is an advanced and extensible Wiki Engine.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/moinmoin < 1.6.3 >= 1.6.3
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It has been reported that the user form processing in the file
userform.py does not properly manage users when using Access Control
Lists or a non-empty superusers list.
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Availability
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