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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.0100 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New moin packages fix insufficient input sanitising
30 January 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: moin
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Cross-site Scripting
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2009-0312 CVE-2009-0260
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1715
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running moin check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1715 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steffen Joeris
January 29, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : moin
Vulnerability : insufficient input sanitising
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2009-0260 CVE-2009-0312
Debian Bug : 513158
It was discovered that the AttachFile action in moin, a python clone of
WikiWiki, is prone to cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2009-0260).
Another cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in the
antispam feature (CVE-2009-0312).
For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5.3-1.2etch2.
For the testing (lenny) distribution these problems have been fixed in
version 1.7.1-3+lenny1.
For the unstable (sid) distribution these problems have been fixed in
version 1.8.1-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your moin packages.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Debian (stable)
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moin_1.5.3-1.2etch2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 40914 139bcec334ed7fbf1ca2bef3c89a8377
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moin_1.5.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 4187091 e95ec46ee8de9527a39793108de22f7d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moin_1.5.3-1.2etch2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 671 7b24d6f694511840a0a9da0c9f33f5ad
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/python-moinmoin_1.5.3-1.2etch2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 914904 ab6158ae7010c3701859ceb26bd61bd2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/moin/moinmoin-common_1.5.3-1.2etch2_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1595112 a46561072eb0ee26ee1a71275c0e64b3
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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