Improper Access Control Affecting ikiwiki package, versions <3.20161229


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IKIWIKI-382759
  • published10 Apr 2018
  • disclosed10 Apr 2018

Introduced: 10 Apr 2018

CVE-2016-9645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable ikiwiki to version 3.20161229 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ikiwiki package and not the ikiwiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The fix for ikiwiki for CVE-2016-10026 was incomplete resulting in editing restriction bypass for git revert when using git versions older than 2.8.0. This has been fixed in 3.20161229.