1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4629-1

USN-4629-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 November 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in MoinMoin.

Releases

Packages

  • moin - Collaborative hypertext environment

Details

Michael Chapman discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain cache actions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-25074)

Catarina Leite discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain SVG files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-15275)

Michael Chapman discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain cache actions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-25074)

Catarina Leite discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain SVG files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-15275)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all 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
18.04 bionic python-moinmoin –  1.9.9-1ubuntu1.2
16.04 xenial python-moinmoin –  1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.3

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