Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for DokuWiki. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions and by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for DokuWiki
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20669
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20669/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for DokuWiki. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass
certain security restrictions and by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA20429
SA20478
SOLUTION:
Update to version "www-apps/dokuwiki-20060309-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-16.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20429:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20429/
SA20478:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20478
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