Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ikiwiki package, versions <3.20160506
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- published10 May 2016
- disclosed10 May 2016
Introduced: 10 May 2016
CVE-2016-4561 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable ikiwiki to version 3.20160506 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.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgierror function in CGI.pm in ikiwiki before 3.20160506 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving an error message.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4561
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3571
- http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index43h2
- http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git;a=commitdiff;h=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4561
- http://source.ikiwiki.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=32ef584dc5abb6ddb9f794f94ea0b2934967bba7