pysec - pysec-2009-12

pysec-2009-12

Vulnerability from pysec

Published

2009-03-30 01:30

Modified

2024-11-21 14:22

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2008-6549

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  "id": "PYSEC-2009-12",
  "modified": "2024-11-21T14:22:55.31913Z",
  "published": "2009-03-30T01:30:00Z",
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      "url": "http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546"
    },
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    },
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  "withdrawn": "2024-11-22T04:37:04Z"
}

cve-2008-6549

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2009-03-30 01:00

Modified

2024-09-17 00:46

Severity ?

Summary

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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