X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/d5e65e582a34ae2494fee493ddcb2b959e4a4bce..6e330849d590a2ba0268c1308b3e13e8d67c4bab:/doc/security.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index 498d2b4e7..52d9d3dc0 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ So it's best if only one person can ever directly write to those directories. ## setup files Setup files are not safe to keep in the same revision control repository -with the rest of the wiki. Just don't do it. [[ikiwiki.setup]] is *not* -used as the setup file for this wiki, BTW. +with the rest of the wiki. Just don't do it. ## page locking can be bypassed via direct commits @@ -163,10 +162,11 @@ closed though. ## HTML::Template security -If the [[plugins/template]] plugin is enabled, users can modify templates -like any other part of the wiki. This assumes that HTML::Template is secure +If the [[plugins/template]] plugin is enabled, all users can modify templates +like any other part of the wiki. Some trusted users can modify templates +without it too. This assumes that HTML::Template is secure when used with untrusted/malicious templates. (Note that includes are not -allowed, so that's not a problem.) +allowed.) ---- @@ -408,3 +408,58 @@ 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]]) + +## javascript insertion via svg uris + +Ivan Shmakov pointed out that the htmlscrubber allowed `data:image/*` urls, +including `data:image/svg+xml`. But svg can contain javascript, so that is +unsafe. + +This hole was discovered on 12 March 2010 and fixed the same day +with the release of ikiwiki 3.20100312. +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 + +Kevin Riggle noticed that it was not possible to configure +`htmlscrubber_skip` to scrub comments while leaving unscubbed the text +of eg, blog posts. Confusingly, setting it to "* and !comment(*)" did not +scrub comments. + +Additionally, it was discovered that comments' html was never scrubbed during +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 + +Dave B noticed that attempting to comment on an illegal page name could be +used for an XSS attack. + +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]])