vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-6508): Wget vulnerabilities
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Mar 7, 2017 | Oct 26, 2017 | Apr 25, 2025 |
Description
Antti Levomäki, Christian Jalio, and Joonas Pihlaja discovered that Wget
incorrectly handled certain HTTP responses. A remote attacker could use
this issue to cause Wget to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090)
Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled recursive or
mirroring mode. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass
intended access list restrictions. (CVE-2016-7098)
Orange Tsai discovered that Wget incorrectly handled CRLF sequences in
HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject
arbitrary HTTP headers. (CVE-2017-6508)
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