Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ikiwiki (opens in a new tab)
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- published13 Apr 2018
- disclosed13 Apr 2018
Introduced: 13 Apr 2018
CVE-2016-9646 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ikiwiki package and not the ikiwiki package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.