Hiki contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a diff between two large pages occurs, and will result in loss of availability for the platform.
Classification
Location:
Remote / Network Access
Attack Type:
Denial of Service
Impact:
Loss of Availability
Exploit:
Exploit Public
Disclosure:
OSVDB Verified
OSVDB:
Web Related
Solution
Upgrade to version 0.8.6 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: Configure the @timeout variable in hikiconf.rb to be lower than the default setting (30)
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