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>> DokuWiki "w" and "h" Variables Code Injection and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Title : DokuWiki "w" and "h" Variables Code Injection and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3851
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5098 - CVE-2006-5099
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-09-30


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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in DokuWiki, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. These flaws are due to input validation errors in the "lib/exec/fetch.php" script that does not validate the "w" and "h" parameters, which could be exploited by remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands, or exhaust all available resources, creating a denial of service condition.

Affected Products

DokuWiki versions prior to 2006-03-09e

Solution

Upgrade to DokuWiki version 2006-03-09e :
http://www.splitbrain.org/projects/dokuwiki

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3851
http://bugs.splitbrain.org/?do=details&id=924
http://bugs.splitbrain.org/?do=details&id=926

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by the vendor and Thomas Kindler

ChangeLog

2006-09-30 : Initial release

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