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Fedora 11: 2009-9244 Critical: Ikiwiki Arbitrary File Read

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2009
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The release of Fedora 11 brings an ikiwiki update that fixes a critical vulnerability allowing unauthorized file access via specially crafted input. Prompt updates are recommended
Fix CVE-2009-2944, see bz 520543.

Summary

Ikiwiki is a wiki compiler. It converts wiki pages into HTML pages

suitable for publishing on a website. Ikiwiki stores pages and history

in a revision control system such as Subversion or Git. There are many

other features, including support for blogging, as well as a large

array of plugins.

Update Information:

Fix CVE-2009-2944, see bz 520543.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue Fedora ikiwiki file read

Change Log

* Tue Sep 1 2009 Thomas Moschny - 3.1415926-1 - Update to 3.1415926 (fixes CVE-2009-2944, see bz 520543). * Wed Aug 12 2009 Thomas Moschny - 3.141592-1 - Update to 3.141592. - po4a is needed now. * Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.1415-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Jul 17 2009 Thomas Moschny - 3.1415-1 - Update to 3.1415. * Thu Jun 11 2009 Thomas Moschny - 3.14-1 - Update to 3.14. * Fri May 15 2009 Thomas Moschny - 3.12-1 - Update to 3.12. * Tue May 5 2009 Thomas Moschny - 3.11-1 - Update to 3.11. * Sat Apr 25 2009 Thomas Moschny - 3.10-1 - Update to 3.10.

References


[ 1 ] Bug #520543 - CVE-2009-2944 ikiwiki: arbitrary file read via crafted TeX commands https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520543

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update ikiwiki' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: ikiwiki
Product: Fedora 11
Version: 3.1415926
Release: 1.fc11
URL: http://ikiwiki.info/
Summary: A wiki compiler

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue Fedora ikiwiki file read

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