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ghsa-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 05:52

Modified

2024-11-22 18:11

Summary

MoinMoin Denial of Service vulnerability via password_checker function

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8",
  "modified": "2024-11-22T18:11:07Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T05:52:47Z",
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}

cve-2008-6549

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2009-03-30 01:00

Modified

2024-09-17 00:46

Severity ?

Summary

The password_checker function in config/multiconfig.py in MoinMoin 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.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://osvdb.org/48876	vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	n/a	n/a

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