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CRLF Injection Affecting wget package, versions <1.19.1-2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-WGET-521848
  • 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:11 wget to version 1.19.1-2 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:11 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.