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Secunia Advisory SA32686

MoinMoin Full Path Disclosure Weakness
Secunia Advisory SA32686
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Release Date 2008-11-10
   
Popularity 3,277 views
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Criticality level Not criticalNot critical
Impact Exposure of system information
Where From remote
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Unpatched
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia VIM
   
Software:
MoinMoin 1.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) No CVE references.
  

Description

Xia Shing Zee has discovered a weakness in MoinMoin, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information.

The weakness is caused due to the application displaying the full installation path in an error report, when an HTTP request for an overly long URL is received.

The weakness is confirmed in version 1.8.0 (standalone server mode). Other versions may also be affected.


Solution
Filter HTTP requests for overly long URLs in a proxy.

Provided and/or discovered by
Xia Shing Zee

Deep Links
Links available in Customer Area


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