Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 3137-1 Moderate: MoinMoin Cross-Site Scripting

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November 23, 2016

Several security issues were fixed in MoinMoin.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in MoinMoin.

Software Description:

- moin: Collaborative hypertext environment

Details:

It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize certain inputs,

resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. With cross-site

scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server

output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit

this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same

domain.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update cross-site scripting Ubuntu MoinMoin

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10:
  python-moinmoin                 1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  python-moinmoin                 1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-moinmoin                 1.9.7-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  python-moinmoin                 1.9.3-1ubuntu2.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.