Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : moin vulnerabilities (USN-1680-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63367

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when processing AnyWikiDraw and TWikiDraw actions. A remote attacker with write access could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code with the priviliges of the web server (user 'www-data').

It was discovered that MoinMoin also did not properly sanitize its input when processing the AttachFile action. A remote attacker could exploit this to overwrite files via directory traversal.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-moinmoin package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1680-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63367

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1680-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-moinmoin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2012

Reference Information

USN: 1680-1