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FreeBSD : ikiwiki -- improper symlink verification vulnerability (31d9fbb4-9d09-11dc-a29d-0016d325a0ed)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28349

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The ikiwiki development team reports :

Ikiwiki did not check if path to the srcdir to contained a symlink. If an attacker had commit access to the directories in the path, they could change it to a symlink, causing ikiwiki to read and publish files that were not intended to be published. (But not write to them due to other checks.)

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index29h2

http://www.nessus.org/u?8db9b4b8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28349

File Name: freebsd_pkg_31d9fbb49d0911dca29d0016d325a0ed.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 11/29/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ikiwiki, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2007