National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6603
Original release date:04/03/2009
Last revised:04/28/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
MoinMoin 1.6.2 and 1.7 does not properly enforce ACL checks when acl_hierarchic is set to True, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1937.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: moinmoin-acl-security-bypass(41911)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1307
Type: Advisory
External Source: BID
Name: 34655
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 48875
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinBugs/AclHierarchicPageAclSupercededByAclRightsAfter
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.7/rev/88356b3f849a
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/543ae9bdbe26