CVE-2008-6549
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-03-30 01:00
Modified
2024-09-17 00:46
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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