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-rw-r--r--doc/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.mdwn5
-rw-r--r--doc/plugins/404.mdwn2
-rw-r--r--doc/security.mdwn17
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.mdwn
index 5f144b49b..a2db0a858 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.mdwn
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ ikiwiki-mass-rebuild
# DESCRIPTION
`ikiwiki-mass-rebuild` can be used to force a rebuild of all the wikis
-on a system. You will need to list the setup files for the wikis it should
+on a system (when run as root), or all of a user's wikis (when run as
+non-root).
+
+You will need to list the setup files for the wikis it should
build in the file `/etc/ikiwiki/wikilist`, which has the format:
user /path/to/ikiwiki.setup
diff --git a/doc/plugins/404.mdwn b/doc/plugins/404.mdwn
index db86a13b8..128b26e7b 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/404.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/404.mdwn
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ nonexistent page provides you with a link to create it.
To enable the 404 handler you need to:
-1. Edit your `.setup` file and add `404` and `goto` to the `add_plugins` line.
+1. Edit your `.setup` file and add `404` to the `add_plugins` line.
2. Add a 404 error document handler in your Apache configuration:
`ErrorDocument 404 /url/path/to/ikiwiki.cgi`
diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn
index 353854656..f0fcb0cd7 100644
--- a/doc/security.mdwn
+++ b/doc/security.mdwn
@@ -471,6 +471,19 @@ 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. An upgrade is recommended for sites
-that have untrusted committers, or have the attachments plugin enabled.
+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.
+
+This hole was disconvered 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.