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Red Hat: CVE-2024-38428: wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-38428: wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/16/2024
Created
09/07/2024
Added
09/06/2024
Modified
09/13/2024

Description

url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-wget
  • redhat-upgrade-wget-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-wget-debugsource

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