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Improper Input Validation Affecting wget package, versions <1.12-2.1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WGET-300537
  • published 6 Jul 2010
  • disclosed 6 Jul 2010
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Introduced: 6 Jul 2010

CVE-2010-2252 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wget to version 1.12-2.1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

5.4 medium