USN-925-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• moin -

Details

It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when
processing Despam actions, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS)
vulnerabilities. If a privileged wiki user were tricked into performing
the Despam action on a page with a crafted title, a remote attacker could
exploit this to execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2010-0828)

It was discovered that the TextCha protection in MoinMoin could be bypassed
by submitting a crafted form request. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10.
(CVE-2010-1238)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• python-moinmoin - 1.8.4-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 9.04

• python-moinmoin - 1.8.2-2ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 8.10

• python-moinmoin - 1.7.1-1ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 8.04

• python-moinmoin - 1.5.8-5.1ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 6.06

• python2.4-moinmoin - 1.5.2-1ubuntu2.6

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

References

• CVE-2010-0828
• CVE-2010-1238