Gentoo: GLSA-200805-09: MoinMoin: Privilege escalation
Summary
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Severity: Normal Title: MoinMoin: Privilege escalation Date: May 11, 2008 Bugs: #218752 ID: 200805-09
Synopsis ======= A vulnerability in MoinMoin may allow a remote attacker to elevate his privileges.
Background ========= MoinMoin is an advanced and extensible Wiki Engine.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/moinmoin < 1.6.3 >= 1.6.3
========== 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.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain superuser privileges on the application.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ========= All MoinMoin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/moinmoin-1.6.3"
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2008-1937 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1937
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200805-09
Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License ====== Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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