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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:40:55 -0500
From: Ignace Mouzannar <mouzannar@...il.com>
To: cve-assign@...re.org
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
Александр Измайлов <yarolig@...il.com>,
security@...ian.org
Subject: Re: CVE request: didiwiki path traversal vulnerability
Hi,
Thanks you for your reply.
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 10:49 AM, <cve-assign@...re.org> wrote:
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>> https://github.com/OpenedHand/didiwiki/pull/1/files
>> curl http://localhost:8000/api/page/get?page=/etc/passwd
>
> We aren't sure about the need for CVE IDs for this product because it
> doesn't seem to advertise any security properties, e.g.,
>
> https://github.com/OpenedHand/didiwiki/blob/master/README
> "Its probably not very secure at all."
>
> We can assign a CVE ID if there is going to be a DSA.
The Debian Security team is planning on publishing a DSA, as this
package is available in the (old)stable version of Debian.
> One concern is that the design may not be intended for environments
> with untrusted clients, and many other issues may be found. Also, we
> aren't sure about the patch:
>
> + if (!isalnum(page_name[0]))
> + return FALSE;
> +
> + if (strstr(page_name, ".."))
> + return FALSE;
>
> e.g., what about C:\file.txt if it's possible to build this on Windows.
I admit not having looked into Windows (I am the package maintainer on
Debian). For the record, didiwiki has not been packaged for Windows,
and upstream has been MIA for a while now. So I'm not sure it is
usable/used on Windows,
Cheers,
Ignace M
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