PT-2018-5114 · Joey Hess · Ikiwiki

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-9646

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ikiwiki versions prior to 3.20161229

Description The issue arises from an incorrect call to the CGI::FormBuilder->field method, similar to the CGI->param API issue that led to Bugzilla's vulnerability. This can be exploited to forge commit metadata.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.20161229, update to version 3.20161229 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the CGI::FormBuilder->field method until a patch is applied.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9646

DLA-812-1

DSA-3760-1

MGASA-2019-0113

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10860-1

Affected Products

Ikiwiki

References · 35

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3760-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9646 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9646 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10860-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9646 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0113 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0113.html · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3760 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9187 · Note