Gentoo Security Update Fixes DokuWiki Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "inc/init.php" script when processing the "config_cascade[main][default][]" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to include or disclose the contents of local files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
www-apps/dokuwiki versions prior to 20090214b
     
Solution   Upgrade the affected package :# emerge --sync# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =www-apps/dokuwiki-2009-02-14b
     
CVE   CVE-2009-1960
     
References   http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200908-09.xml
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-08-19 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote