CVE-2008-6549
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.54%MoinMoin Denial of Service vulnerability via password_checker function
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 11/26/2024
Description
The password_checker function in `config/multiconfig.py` in MoinMoin prior to version 1.6.1 uses the cracklib and python-crack features even though they are not thread-safe, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via unknown vectors.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/moinfrom 0, < 1.6.2-1
- PyPI/moinfrom 0, < 1.6.1
- PyPI/moinfrom 0, < 1.6.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttp://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6549
- EXPLOIThttp://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546
- PATCHhttps://github.com/moinwiki/moin
- WEBhttp://osvdb.org/48876
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2009-12.yaml
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080410051007/http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211206185024/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546