From 4fdeda0e34bf09db359de4174c7a4fe3808d2588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:33:15 -0400 Subject: ikiwiki-mass-rebuild: Fix tty hijacking vulnerability by using su. (Once su's related bug #628843 is fixed.) Thanks, Ludwig Nussel. (CVE-2011-1408) --- doc/security.mdwn | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/security.mdwn') diff --git a/doc/security.mdwn b/doc/security.mdwn index f0fcb0cd7..b573b5f23 100644 --- a/doc/security.mdwn +++ b/doc/security.mdwn @@ -480,10 +480,11 @@ untrusted committers, or have the attachments plugin enabled. 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. +for information disclosure via symlinks. ([[!cve CVE-2011-1408]]) 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. +a version of 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 that have `ikiwiki-update-wikilist` installed suid (not the default), +and whose admins run `ikiwiki-mass-rebuild`. -- cgit v1.2.3