Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1680-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that MoinMoin did not properly sanitize its input when processing AnyWikiDraw and TWikiDraw actions. A remote attacker with write access could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code with the priviliges of the web server (user 'www-data').
It was discovered that MoinMoin also did not properly sanitize its input when processing the AttachFile action. A remote attacker could exploit this to overwrite files via directory traversal.
Affected
moin on Ubuntu 12.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 11.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25