X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/594a9194561ad373a31a7d34c6b5c7a84ec417a0..0d6fc977b570e71f7a7f2a4c323232a6a2409210:/doc/security.mdwn diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index 52d9d3dc0..6d68fac00 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ this would be to limit web commits to those done by a certain user. ## other stuff to look at -I need to audit the git backend a bit, and have been meaning to -see if any CRLF injection type things can be done in the CGI code. +I have been meaning to see if any CRLF injection type things can be +done in the CGI code. ---- @@ -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. @@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ A fix was also backported to Debian etch, as version 2.53.5. I recommend upgrading to one of these versions if your wiki can be edited by third parties. -## javascript insertation via insufficient htmlscrubbing of comments +## javascript insertion via insufficient htmlscrubbing of comments Kevin Riggle noticed that it was not possible to configure `htmlscrubber_skip` to scrub comments while leaving unscubbed the text @@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ preview or moderation of comments with such a configuration. These problems were discovered on 12 November 2010 and fixed the same hour with the release of ikiwiki 3.20101112. ([[!cve CVE-2010-1673]]) -## javascript insertation via insufficient checking in comments +## javascript insertion via insufficient checking in comments Dave B noticed that attempting to comment on an illegal page name could be used for an XSS attack. @@ -463,3 +464,80 @@ This hole was discovered on 22 Jan 2011 and fixed the same day with the release of ikiwiki 3.20110122. A fix was backported to Debian squeeze, as version 3.20100815.5. An upgrade is recommended for sites with the comments plugin enabled. ([[!cve CVE-2011-0428]]) + +## possible javascript insertion via insufficient htmlscrubbing of alternate stylesheets + +Giuseppe Bilotta noticed that 'meta stylesheet` directives allowed anyone +who could upload a malicious stylesheet to a site to add it to a +page as an alternate stylesheet, or replacing the default stylesheet. + +This hole was discovered on 28 Mar 2011 and fixed the same hour with +the release of ikiwiki 3.20110328. A fix was backported to Debian squeeze, +as version 3.20100815.6. An upgrade is recommended for sites that have +untrusted committers, or have the attachments plugin enabled. +([[!cve CVE-2011-1401]]) + +## tty hijacking via ikiwiki-mass-rebuild + +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. ([[!cve CVE-2011-1408]]) + +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. 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. + +## Perl CVE-2016-1238 (current working directory in search path) + +ikiwiki 3.20160728 attempts to mitigate [[!cve CVE-2016-1238]] by +removing `'.'` from the Perl library search path. An attacker with write +access to ikiwiki's current working directory could potentially use this +vulnerability to execute arbitrary Perl code. An upgrade is recommended +for sites where an untrusted user is able to attach files with arbitrary +names and/or run a setuid ikiwiki wrapper with a working directory of +their choice.