MoinMoin ACL calendar and include information disclosure

moinmoin-acl-information-disclosure (34474)

Low Risk

Description:

MoinMoin could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper enforcement of Access Control Lists (ACLs) for calendars and includes. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an unspecified attack vector to possibly view restricted pages.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	2.8
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None
Temporal Score:	2.1
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Obtain Information

Remedy:

For Ubuntu (moin):
Refer to USN-458-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for patch or upgrade information.

References:

• MoinMoin Web page: MoinMoinWiki - MoinMoin.
• CVE-2007-2637: MoinMoin before 20070507 does not properly enforce ACLs for calendars and includes, which allows remote attackers to read certain pages via unspecified vectors.
• DSA-1514: moin -- several vulnerabilities
• USN-458-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

• Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
• Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
• Canonical Ubuntu 7.04
• Debian Debian Linux 4.0
• MoinMoin MoinMoin prior to 20070507

Reported:

May 07, 2007

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