GLSA-200609-20 : DokuWiki: Shell command injection and Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 22471

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200609-20 (DokuWiki: Shell command injection and Denial of Service)

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

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 :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All DokuWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/dokuwiki-20060309e'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200609-20

http://www.nessus.org/u?488ebb20

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22471

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200609-20.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 9/29/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dokuwiki, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5098, CVE-2006-5099

GLSA: 200609-20