for example to be used in a [[post-commit]] hook by people who cannot write
to the html pages, etc.
-If the wrapper script is made suid, then any bugs in this wrapper would be
+If the wrapper program is made suid, then any bugs in this wrapper would be
security holes. The wrapper is written as securely as I know how, is based
on code that has a history of security use long before ikiwiki, and there's
been no problem yet.
This hole was discovered on 8 June 2011 and fixed the same day with
the release of ikiwiki 3.20110608. Note that the fix is dependant on
-a version of su that has a similar hole fixed; [[!debbug 628843]]
-tracks fixing the hole in Debian's su. An upgrade is a must for any
-sites that have `ikiwiki-update-wikilist` installed suid (not the default),
-and whose admins run `ikiwiki-mass-rebuild`.
+a version of su that has a similar hole fixed. Version 4.1.5 of the shadow
+package contains the fixed su; [[!debbug 628843]] tracks fixing the hole in
+Debian. An upgrade is a must for any sites that have `ikiwiki-update-wikilist`
+installed suid (not the default), and whose admins run `ikiwiki-mass-rebuild`.
## javascript insertion via meta tags
Raúl Benencia discovered an additional XSS exposure in the meta plugin.
+([[!cve CVE-2012-0220]])
This hole was discovered on 16 May 2012 and fixed the same day with
-the release of ikiwiki 3.20120516.
+the release of ikiwiki 3.20120516. A fix was backported to Debian squeeze,
+as version 3.20100815.9. An upgrade is recommended for all sites.