X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/041923a89ece8b1ed195cb7b528843c15770ea6f..c4b7d046690a7d35f5f6dc73fcbc83b72bc95f42:/doc/security.mdwn diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index 0841abf49..3924186c2 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -407,3 +407,23 @@ discovered on 30 May 2008 and fixed the same day. ([[!cve CVE-2008-0169]]) I recommend upgrading to 2.48 immediatly if your wiki allows both password and openid logins. + +## Malformed UTF-8 DOS + +Feeding ikiwiki page sources containing certian forms of malformed UTF-8 +can cause it to crash. This can potentially be used for a denial of service +attack. + +intrigeri discovered this problem on 12 Nov 2008 and a patch put in place +later that day, in version 2.70. The fix was backported to testing as version +2.53.3, and to stable as version 1.33.7. + +## Insufficient blacklisting in teximg plugin + +Josh Triplett discovered on 28 Aug 2009 that the teximg plugin's +blacklisting of insecure TeX commands was insufficient; it could be +bypassed and used to read arbitrary files. This was fixed by +enabling TeX configuration options that disallow unsafe TeX commands. +The fix was released on 30 Aug 2009 in version 3.1415926, and was +backported to stable in version 2.53.4. If you use the teximg plugin, +I recommend upgrading. ([[!cve CVE-2009-2944]])