OSVDB ID: 26970

Title: Hiki Diff Generation Process Consumption DoS

Info

Disclosure
Jul 03, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Jul 03, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Description

 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)

Products

Hiki Development Team

Hiki

 0.6.0
0.6.1
0.6.2
0.6.3
0.6.4
0.6.5
0.8.0
0.8.1
0.8.2
0.8.3
0.8.4
0.8.5

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete


Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218