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CRLF Injection Affecting wget package, versions <1.16-1+deb8u2

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.29% (69th percentile)
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NVD
6.1 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-WGET-300428
  • published 7 Mar 2017
  • disclosed 7 Mar 2017
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Introduced: 7 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6508 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-93 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 wget to version 1.16-1+deb8u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget package and not the wget package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

CRLF injection vulnerability in the url_parse function in url.c in Wget through 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL.