Date: 29 June 2007
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0486 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New hiki packages fix missing input sanitising
29 June 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: hiki
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Delete Arbitrary Files
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2007-2836
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1324
http://hikiwiki.org/en/advisory20070624.html
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running hiki check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1324 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp
June 28, 2007
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Package : hiki
Vulnerability : missing input sanitising
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-2836
Debian Bug : 430691
Kazuhiro Nishiyama found a vulnerability in hiki, a Wiki engine written
in Ruby, which could allow a remote attacker to delete arbitary files
which are writable to the Hiki user, via a specially crafted session
parameter.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
0.8.6-1etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version
0.8.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your hiki (0.8.6-1etch1) package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian (stable)
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Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hiki/hiki_0.8.6-1etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5418 b57f6debe38f903c7615d738f5030060
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hiki/hiki_0.8.6-1etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 571 22358a8449ae12c19fe6a80f8607a82f
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hiki/hiki_0.8.6.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 244885 990212929cabf29e72df10a5b76ff27d
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hiki/hiki_0.8.6-1etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 228092 fdbc68fca2b4939ceace21f282b0c2fb
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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