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authorJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-02-10 14:00:00 -0500
committerJoey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>2008-02-10 14:00:00 -0500
commit4e791ed69565eafd3d130528a32a385be3f1686c (patch)
tree91f5aa0a868ade4415b670ef4c0d49fd3167240f
parentab04d07733b7d708067e71ef8d4b39b47028d473 (diff)
document security fix
The backported fix for stable is tagged and waiting for the security team to upload.
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@@ -345,3 +345,13 @@ day with the release of ikiwiki 2.14. I recommend upgrading to this version
if your wiki can be committed to by third parties. Alternatively, don't use
a trailing slash in the srcdir, and avoid the (unusual) configurations that
allow the security hole to be exploited.
+
+## javascript insertion via uris
+
+The htmlscrubber did not block javascript in uris. This was fixed by adding
+a whitelist of valid uri types, which does not include javascript.
+
+This hole was discovered on 10 February 2008 and fixed the same day
+with the release of ikiwiki 2.31.1. A fix was also backported to Debian etch,
+as version 1.33.4. I recommend upgrading to one of these versions if your
+wiki can be edited by third parties.