Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting wget package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WGET-1372058
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Mar 2017

Introduced: 7 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 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:7 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.