{"id":"GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8","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.","aliases":["CVE-2008-6549","PYSEC-2009-12"],"modified":"2024-11-26T18:40:12Z","published":"2022-05-17T05:52:47Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-02-09T19:33:55Z","nvd_published_at":"2009-03-30T01:30:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-400"],"severity":"HIGH"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6549"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/moinwiki/moin"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/moin/PYSEC-2009-12.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20080410051007/http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211206185024/http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"moin","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/moin"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8/GHSA-wjjc-m3fc-fcm8.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}