TikiWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200711-19 / tikiwiki
Release Date	November 14, 2007
Latest Revision	November 14, 2007: 01
Impact	high
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
www-apps/tikiwiki	< 1.9.8.3	>= 1.9.8.3	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #195503

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TikiWiki, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

TikiWiki is an open source content management system written in PHP.

Description

Stefan Esser reported that a previous vulnerability (CVE-2007-5423, GLSA 200710-21) was not properly fixed in TikiWiki 1.9.8.1 (CVE-2007-5682). The TikiWiki development team also added several checks to avoid file inclusion.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to inject arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All TikiWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/tikiwiki-1.9.8.3"

4. References

Updated November 14, 2007

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