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MoinMoin Administrative Group Name Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11807
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Release Date:
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2004-06-10
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | MoinMoin 1.x
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Description:
Michael Castleman has discovered a vulnerability in MoinMoin, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.
The problem is that a user can gain the same privileges as an administrative group by creating a user with the same name.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.2.1.
Solution:
Update to version 1.2.2.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=8482
Provided and/or discovered by:
Michael Castleman
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index....103&group_id=8482&atid=108482
Other References:
OSVDB:
http://www.osvdb.org/6704
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