85172 : MoinMoin Nested Virtual Group ACL Rule Handling Permission Assignment Access Restriction Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-09-03

Description

MoinMoin contains a flaw that is triggered when handling ACL rules for groups containing virtual group. This may allow a remote attacker to have permissions assigned to them incorrectly and bypass access restrictions.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS, Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.9.5 or higher (released 2012-09-24), as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, the vendor has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

MoinMoin	MoinMoin	1.9.0rc2
		1.9.0rc1
		1.9.0
		1.9.1
		1.9.2
		1.9.3
		1.9.4

References

CVE ID: 2012-4404 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 50474 50496 50885
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://freecode.com/projects/moin/releases/348437
http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/file/tip/docs/CHANGES
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2538
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1604-1/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/rev/7b9f39289e16

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-09-11 | Disagree?

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