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Improper Input Validation Affecting wget package, versions <1.18-5+deb9u2

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 9.64% (95th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
7.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-WGET-300479
  • published 6 May 2018
  • disclosed 6 May 2018
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Introduced: 6 May 2018

CVE-2018-0494 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wget to version 1.18-5+deb9u2 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Wget before 1.19.5 is prone to a cookie injection vulnerability in the resp_new function in http.c via a \r\n sequence in a continuation line.

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