Several security issues were fixed in MoinMoin.
It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize certain input, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain. (CVE-2011-1058)
11 October 2012
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in MoinMoin.
It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize certain input, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing server output during a crafted server request, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain. (CVE-2011-1058)
It was discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled group names that contain virtual group names such as “All”, “Known” or “Trusted”. This could result in a remote user having incorrect permissions. (CVE-2012-4404)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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