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CVE-2008-6549

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-03-30 Modified: 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 Platforms

Moinmo Moinmoin

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References