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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.mdwn | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/plugins/404.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/security.mdwn | 17 |
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. |