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A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - DokuWiki: Shell command injection and Denial of Service. Here the announcement:



Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-20
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: DokuWiki: Shell command injection and Denial of Service
Date: September 28, 2006
Bugs: #149266
ID: 200609-20

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Synopsis
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DokuWiki is vulnerable to shell command injection and Denial of Service
attacks when using ImageMagick.

Background
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DokuWiki is a wiki targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small
companies. It does not use a database backend.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/dokuwiki < 20060309e >= 20060309e=


Description
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Input validation flaws have been discovered in the image handling of
fetch.php if ImageMagick is used, which is not the default method.

Impact
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A remote attacker could exploit the flaws to execute arbitrary shell
commands with the rights of the web server daemon or cause a Denial of
Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All DokuWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/dokuwiki-20060309e"=


References
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[ 1 ] DokuWiki Announcement
http://www.freelists.org/archives/dokuwiki/09-2006/msg00278.html=


Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-20.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
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