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USN-941-1: MoinMoin vulnerability

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USN-941-1: MoinMoin vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/29/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

MoinMoin 1.7.x before 1.7.3 and 1.8.x before 1.8.3 checks parent ACLs in certain inappropriate circumstances during processing of hierarchical ACLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by requesting an item, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6603.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-moinmoin

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