vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-13089)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 27, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in the HTTP protocol handling code of wget < 1.19.2, when processing chunked, encoded HTTP responses. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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