X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/8eac17928795859c403d39c512f99a49267fbb8f..9d1f48a0e2137aebffa82687a059d34f2042db30:/doc/bugs/Symlinked_srcdir_requires_trailing_slash.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/Symlinked_srcdir_requires_trailing_slash.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Symlinked_srcdir_requires_trailing_slash.mdwn
index 0310c17f3..cd74c2496 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/Symlinked_srcdir_requires_trailing_slash.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Symlinked_srcdir_requires_trailing_slash.mdwn
@@ -63,4 +63,19 @@ My output:
     scanning index.mdwn
     rendering index.mdwn
 
-Note that index.mdwn was only rendered when srcdir had a trailing slash.
\ No newline at end of file
+Note that index.mdwn was only rendered when srcdir had a trailing slash.
+
+> There are potential [[security]] issues with ikiwiki following a symlink,
+> even if it's just a symlink at the top level of the srcdir.
+> Consider ikiwiki.info's own setup, where the srcdir is ikiwiki/doc,
+> checked out of revision control. A malicious committer could convert
+> ikiwiki/doc into a symlink to /etc, then ikiwiki would happily publish
+> all of /etc to the web.
+> 
+> This kind of attack is why ikiwiki does not let File::Find follow
+> symlinks when scanning the srcdir. By appending the slash, you're
+> actually bypassing that check. Ikiwiki should not let you set
+> up a potentially insecure configuration like that. More discussion of
+> this hole [[here|security#index29h2]], and I've had to release
+> a version of ikiwiki that explicitly checks for that, and fails to work.
+> Sorry, but security trumps convenience. [[done]] --[[Joey]]