It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when processing Despam actions, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. If a privileged wiki user were tricked into performing the Despam action on a page with a crafted title, a remote attacker could exploit this to execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2010-0828)
It was discovered that the TextCha protection in MoinMoin could be bypassed by submitting a crafted form request. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10. (CVE-2010-1238)
8 April 2010
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when processing Despam actions, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. If a privileged wiki user were tricked into performing the Despam action on a page with a crafted title, a remote attacker could exploit this to execute JavaScript code. (CVE-2010-0828)
It was discovered that the TextCha protection in MoinMoin could be bypassed by submitting a crafted form request. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10. (CVE-2010-1238)
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 upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
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