[USN-3794-1] MoinMoin vulnerability

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3794-1
October 16, 2018

moin vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

MoinMoin could be made to expose sensitive information if it
received a specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- moin: Collaborative hypertext environment

Details:

It was discovered that MoinMoin incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  python-moinmoin                 1.9.9-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  python-moinmoin                 1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  python-moinmoin                 1.9.7-1ubuntu2.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3794-1
  CVE-2017-5934

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/1.9.9-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/1.9.8-1ubuntu1.16.04.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/moin/1.9.7-1ubuntu2.2
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