Summary
The remote host is missing an update to moin
announced via advisory DSA 2083-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202083-1
Insight
It was discovered that moin, a python clone of WikiWiki, does not sufficiently sanitize parameters when passing them to the add_msg function. This allows a remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks for example via the template parameter.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.1-3+lenny5.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-1.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-2487 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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