X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/541ae5261744a3c4b047e333a15120321d5b7889..4729ff0812c1f3d06d98524e2fec232d3bf90513:/doc/security.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index f0fcb0cd7..055e1d006 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ runs ikiwiki to update a given wiki. The wrapper can in turn be made suid, 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. @@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ the same standards as the rest of ikiwiki, but with that said, here are some security notes for them. * The [[plugins/img]] plugin assumes that imagemagick/perlmagick are secure - from malformed image attacks. Imagemagick has had security holes in the + from malformed image attacks for at least the formats listed in + `img_allowed_formats`. Imagemagick has had security holes in the past. To be able to exploit such a hole, a user would need to be able to upload images to the wiki. @@ -480,10 +481,53 @@ untrusted committers, or have the attachments plugin enabled. Ludwig Nussel discovered a way for users to hijack root's tty when ikiwiki-mass-rebuild was run. Additionally, there was some potential -for information disclosure via symlinks. +for information disclosure via symlinks. ([[!cve CVE-2011-1408]]) -This hole was disconvered on 8 June 2011 and fixed the same day with +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 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 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. A fix was backported to Debian squeeze, +as version 3.20100815.9. An upgrade is recommended for all sites. + +## XSS via openid selector + +Raghav Bisht discovered this XSS in the openid selector. ([[!cve CVE-2015-2793]]) + +The hole was reported on March 24th, a fix was developed on March 27th, +and the fixed version 3.20150329 was released on the 29th. A fix was backported +to Debian jessie as version 3.20141016.2 and to Debian wheezy as version +3.20120629.2. An upgrade is recommended for sites using CGI and openid. + +## XSS via error messages + +CGI error messages did not escape HTML meta-characters, potentially +allowing an attacker to carry out cross-site scripting by directing a +user to a URL that would result in a crafted ikiwiki error message. This +was discovered on 4 May by the ikiwiki developers, and the fixed version +3.20160506 was released on 6 May. The same fixes were backported to Debian +8 "jessie" in version 3.20141016.3. A backport to Debian 7 "wheezy" is +in progress. + +An upgrade is recommended for sites using +the CGI. ([[!cve CVE-2016-4561]], OVE-20160505-0012) + +## ImageMagick CVE-2016–3714 ("ImageTragick") + +ikiwiki 3.20160506 and 3.20141016.3 attempt to mitigate +[[!cve CVE-2016-3714]], and any +future ImageMagick vulnerabilities that resemble it, by restricting the +image formats that the [[ikiwiki/directive/img]] directive is willing to +resize. An upgrade is recommended for sites where an untrusted user is +able to attach images. Upgrading ImageMagick to a version where +CVE-2016-3714 has been fixed is also recommended, but at the time of +writing no such version is available.