Improper Input Validation Affecting wget package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
16.98% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-WGET-1378244
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 May 2018

Introduced: 6 May 2018

CVE-2018-0494  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 wget.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget package and not the wget package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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.