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From: Matthias Geerdsen <vorlon@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200609-20 ] DokuWiki: Shell command injection and Denial of Service
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:56:21
Message-Id: 451C2407.1070608@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-20
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: DokuWiki: Shell command injection and Denial of Service
9 Date: September 28, 2006
10 Bugs: #149266
11 ID: 200609-20
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15 Synopsis
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18 DokuWiki is vulnerable to shell command injection and Denial of Service
19 attacks when using ImageMagick.
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21 Background
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24 DokuWiki is a wiki targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small
25 companies. It does not use a database backend.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-apps/dokuwiki < 20060309e >= 20060309e
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35 Description
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38 Input validation flaws have been discovered in the image handling of
39 fetch.php if ImageMagick is used, which is not the default method.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could exploit the flaws to execute arbitrary shell
45 commands with the rights of the web server daemon or cause a Denial of
46 Service.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All DokuWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/dokuwiki-20060309e"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] DokuWiki Announcement
65 http://www.freelists.org/archives/dokuwiki/09-2006/msg00278.html
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-20.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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