From 039c18c562f408324fcecc3cb4b88521a0f4dbb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 08:04:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] web commit by XTaran: Everything necessary fixed with 0.02 --- doc/plugins/contrib/hnb/discussion.mdwn | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/hnb/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/hnb/discussion.mdwn index 716753878..45bd703c4 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/contrib/hnb/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/hnb/discussion.mdwn @@ -4,16 +4,25 @@ namely this line: system("hnb '$params{page}.hnb' 'go root' 'export_html $tmp' > /dev/null"); This could potentially allow execution of artibtary shell code, if the filename -contains a single quote. Which ikiwiki doesn't allow by default, but I prefer -to never involve a shell where one is not needed. The otl plugin is a good -example of how to safely fork a child process without involving the shell. +contains a single quote. + +* Fixed with version 0.02 by usage of `$params{content}` -- XTaran + +Which ikiwiki doesn't allow by default, but I prefer to never involve a shell where one is not needed. The otl plugin is a good example of how to safely fork a child process without involving the shell. + +* Had a look at that one as example before writing the hnb plugin, but hnb has different input/output characteristics. I would prefer another solution, too, but as long as it works and is secure, I'm fine with the current (fixed :-) ) solution -- [[XTaran]]. Other problems: * Use of shell mktemp from perl is suboptimal. File::Temp would be better. + * Fixed with version 0.02 -- [[XTaran]] * The htmlize hook should not operate on the contents of `$params{page}.hnb`. The content that needs to be htmlized is passed in to the hook in `$params{content}`. + * Fixed with version 0.02 -- [[XTaran]] If these problems are resolved and a copyright statement is added to the file, + +* Copyright Statement is in their for about a month. -- [[XTaran]] + I'd be willing to include this plugin in ikiwiki. --[[Joey]] -- 2.44.0