GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8/GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8
- Aliases
-
- CVE-2008-6549
- PYSEC-2009-12
- Published
- 2022-05-17T05:52:47Z
- Modified
- 2024-11-26T18:40:12Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- 8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- MoinMoin Denial of Service vulnerability via password_checker function
- Details
-
The password_checker function in
config/multiconfig.pyin 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. - Database specific
{ "nvd_published_at": "2009-03-30T01:30:00Z", "github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-09T19:33:55Z", "severity": "HIGH", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-400" ], "github_reviewed": true }- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6549
- https://github.com/moinwiki/moin
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2009-12.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080410051007/http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
- https://web.archive.org/web/20211206185024/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546
Affected packages
PyPI / moin
Package
- Name
- moin
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:pypi/moin