6704 : MoinMoin Group ACL Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-05-04	2004-05-04

Description

MoinMoin contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when an attacker creates a user with the same name as an administrative group. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Jürgen Hermann	MoinMoin	1.1
		1.2
		1.2.1

References

Bugtraq ID: 10568
Secunia Advisory ID: 11807 12036
ISS X-Force ID: 16465
CVE ID: 2004-0708 (see also: NVD)
Vendor URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/moin/
Other Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-09.xml
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=948103&group_id=8482&atid=108482

Tools & Filters

	12579

Credit

Michael Castleman -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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