X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/f8e33430d85bd30f37f723c0b9ed6ef57e140603..318134174f62a598ae77e2e50f53518fbd673a19:/doc/security.mdwn diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index 52ef486e6..21aef316b 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ security issues with this program than with cat(1). If, however, you let others edit pages in your wiki, then some possible security issues do need to be kept in mind. -[[toc levels=2]] +[[!toc levels=2]] ---- @@ -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 @@ -362,9 +361,9 @@ allow the security hole to be exploited. The htmlscrubber did not block javascript in uris. This was fixed by adding a whitelist of valid uri types, which does not include javascript. -([[cve CVE-2008-0809]]) Some urls specifyable by the meta plugin could also +([[!cve CVE-2008-0809]]) Some urls specifyable by the meta plugin could also theoretically have been used to inject javascript; this was also blocked -([[cve CVE-2008-0808]]). +([[!cve CVE-2008-0808]]). This hole was discovered on 10 February 2008 and fixed the same day with the release of ikiwiki 2.31.1. (And a few subsequent versions..) @@ -377,7 +376,7 @@ parties. Cross Site Request Forging could be used to constuct a link that would change a logged-in user's password or other preferences if they clicked on the link. It could also be used to construct a link that would cause a wiki -page to be modified by a logged-in user. ([[cve CVE-2008-0165]]) +page to be modified by a logged-in user. ([[!cve CVE-2008-0165]]) These holes were discovered on 10 April 2008 and fixed the same day with the release of ikiwiki 2.42. A fix was also backported to Debian etch, as @@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ pre-emtively guard against that, current versions of ikiwiki store password hashes (using Eksblowfish). If you use the [[plugins/passwordauth]] plugin, I recommend upgrading to -ikiwiki 2.48, installing the [[cpan Authen::Passphrase]] perl module, and running +ikiwiki 2.48, installing the [[!cpan Authen::Passphrase]] perl module, and running `ikiwiki-transition hashpassword` to replace all existing cleartext passwords with strong blowfish hashes. @@ -404,7 +403,39 @@ passwords in cleartext over the net to log in, either. This hole allowed ikiwiki to accept logins using empty passwords, to openid accounts that didn't use a password. It was introduced in version 1.34, and fixed in version 2.48. The [bug](http://bugs.debian.org/483770) was -discovered on 30 May 2008 and fixed the same day. ([[cve CVE-2008-0169]]) +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.