Ubuntu Security Notice USN-911-1
11th March, 2010
moin vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- moin
Details
It was discovered that several wiki actions and preference settings in
MoinMoin were not protected from cross-site request forgery (CSRF). If an
authenticated user were tricked into visiting a malicious website while
logged into MoinMoin, a remote attacker could change the user's
configuration or wiki content. (CVE-2010-0668, CVE-2010-0717)
It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when
processing user preferences. An attacker could enter malicious content
which when viewed by a user, could render in unexpected ways.
(CVE-2010-0669)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 9.10:
- python-moinmoin 1.8.4-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 9.04:
- python-moinmoin 1.8.2-2ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- python-moinmoin 1.7.1-1ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- python-moinmoin 1.5.8-5.1ubuntu2.3
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- python2.4-moinmoin 1.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.