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FreeBSD: VID-5ED094A0-0150-11E7-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2016-9646): ikiwiki -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-5ED094A0-0150-11E7-AE1B-002590263BF5 (CVE-2016-9646): ikiwiki -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/05/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ikiwiki

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