What is GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8?

GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. MoinMoin Denial of Service vulnerability via password_checker function

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8 cover?

GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2008-6549. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8?

GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8?

GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8 affects 1 product, including: pip/moin:\u003c 1.6.1.

GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8HighCVSS 7.5

MoinMoin Denial of Service vulnerability via password_checker function

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 17, 2022

Last Modified

November 26, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2008-6549 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/moin:< 1.6.1

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6549
https://web.archive.org/web/20080410051007/http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
https://web.archive.org/web/20211206185024/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2009-12.yaml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8