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diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index 0841abf49..939d65d01 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -407,3 +407,13 @@ 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. |