moin vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-4762  

It was discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled hierarchical access control lists. Users could bypass intended access controls under certain circumstances.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

20 May 2010

moin vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 9.04

Summary

Software Description

  • moin

Details

It was discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled hierarchical access control lists. Users could bypass intended access controls under certain circumstances.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.04
python-moinmoin - 1.8.2-2ubuntu2.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References