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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-421-1 February 10, 2007 moin, moin1.3 vulnerability CVE-2007-0857 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: moin 1.2.4-1ubuntu2.1 python2.3-moinmoin 1.3.4-6ubuntu1.1 python2.4-moinmoin 1.3.4-6ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: python2.4-moinmoin 1.5.2-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 6.10: python2.4-moinmoin 1.5.3-1ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A flaw was discovered in MoinMoin's page name sanitizer which could lead to a cross-site scripting attack. By tricking a user into viewing a crafted MoinMoin page, 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.