MoinMoin cookie directory traversal
| moinmoin-cookie-directory-traversal (39837) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MoinMoin could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted userform action cookie containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the MOIN_ID user ID to overwrite arbitrary files on the system and create unauthorized user accounts.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MoinMoin (1.6.1 or later), available from the MoinMoin Web site. See References.
References:
- MoinMoin Web site: MoinMoinDownload.
- MoinMoin Web site: MoinMoin.
- BID-27404: MoinMoin MOIN_ID Cookie Remote Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-0782: Directory traversal vulnerability in MoinMoin 1.5.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the MOIN_ID user ID in a cookie for a userform action. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for PHP code execution via the quicklinks parameter.
- DSA-1514: moin -- several vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200803-27: MoinMoin: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SA29010: MoinMoin Multiple Vulnerabilities
- USN-716-1: MoinMoin vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0569: MoinMoin Cross Site Scripting and Arbitrary File Overwite Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo Linux
- MoinMoin MoinMoin 1.5.8
Reported:
Jan 21, 2008
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