MoinMoin ACL calendar and include information disclosure

moinmoin-acl-information-disclosure (34474) The risk level is classified as LowLow 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.

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

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.

Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

  • MoinMoin Web page, MoinMoinWiki - MoinMoin at http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/.
  • 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

Reported:

May 07, 2007

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