Secunia Security Advisory - Xia Shing Zee has discovered a weakness in MoinMoin, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information.
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TITLE:
MoinMoin Full Path Disclosure Weakness
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32686
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/32686/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
MoinMoin 1.x
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/2579/
DESCRIPTION:
Xia Shing Zee has discovered a weakness in MoinMoin, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose system information.
The weakness is caused due to the application displaying the full
installation path in an error report, when an HTTP request for an
overly long URL is received.
The weakness is confirmed in version 1.8.0 (standalone server mode).
Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Filter HTTP requests for overly long URLs in a proxy.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Xia Shing Zee
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