1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-458-1

USN-458-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 May 2007

Overview

MoinMoin vulnerabilities

Releases

Details

A flaw was discovered in MoinMoin’s error reporting when using the
AttachFile action. By tricking a user into viewing a crafted MoinMoin
URL, an attacker could execute arbitrary JavaScript as the current
MoinMoin user, possibly exposing the user’s authentication information
for the domain where MoinMoin was hosted. (CVE-2007-2423)

Flaws were discovered in MoinMoin’s ACL handling for calendars and
includes. Unauthorized users would be able to read pages that would
otherwise be unavailable to them.

A flaw was discovered in MoinMoin’s error reporting when using the
AttachFile action. By tricking a user into viewing a crafted MoinMoin
URL, an attacker could execute arbitrary JavaScript as the current
MoinMoin user, possibly exposing the user’s authentication information
for the domain where MoinMoin was hosted. (CVE-2007-2423)

Flaws were discovered in MoinMoin’s ACL handling for calendars and
includes. Unauthorized users would be able to read pages that would
otherwise be unavailable to them.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
7.04 feisty python-moinmoin –  1.5.3-1.1ubuntu3.1
6.10 edgy python2.4-moinmoin –  1.5.3-1ubuntu1.3
6.06 dapper python2.4-moinmoin –  1.5.2-1ubuntu2.3

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