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CVE-2008-6549

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Moinmoin: 1.6.1

References

• http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546
• http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
• http://osvdb.org/48876
• http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.6/rev/35ff7a9b1546
• http://moinmo.in/SecurityFixes
• http://osvdb.org/48876

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