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

CVE-2016-9646

Published

2018-04-13T15:29:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:45:58Z

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:16.04:LTS / ikiwiki

Package

Name: ikiwiki
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ikiwiki@3.20160121?arch=source&distro=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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9646.json"