UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9646

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9646
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9646.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9646
Upstream
Published
2018-04-13T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:56Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ikiwiki

Package

Name
ikiwiki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ikiwiki@3.20160121?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.20150614
3.20160121

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.20160121",
            "binary_name": "ikiwiki"
        }
    ]
}