Improper Authentication Affecting ikiwiki package, versions <3.20161229


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IKIWIKI-382777
  • published13 Apr 2018
  • disclosed13 Apr 2018

Introduced: 13 Apr 2018

CVE-2016-9646  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (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.

ikiwiki before 3.20161229 incorrectly called the CGI::FormBuilder->field method (similar to the CGI->param API that led to Bugzilla's CVE-2014-1572), which can be abused to lead to commit metadata forgery.