Out-of-Bounds Affecting wget package, versions <1.10.2-1


Severity

medium

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.28% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-WGET-300519
  • published 13 Oct 2005
  • disclosed 13 Oct 2005

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wget to version 1.10.2-1 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.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ntlm_output function in http-ntlm.c for (1) wget 1.10, (2) curl 7.13.2, and (3) libcurl 7.13.2, and other products that use libcurl, when NTLM authentication is enabled, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long NTLM username.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

7.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

7.3 high