External Control of File Name or Path Affecting wget package, versions <0:1.14-13.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
92.64% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-WGET-1455747
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Jun 2016

Introduced: 9 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4971  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 wget to version 0:1.14-13.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2587.

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.

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

CVSS Scores

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