Upstream information

CVE-2016-9646 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • ikiwiki >= 3.20200202.3-2.7
  • ikiwiki-w3m >= 3.20200202.3-2.7
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10860

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 29 22:15:19 2016
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:26:45 2025