Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wget package, versions <1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-WGET-342534
- published5 Apr 2019
- disclosed17 May 2019
Introduced: 5 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-5953 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 wget to version 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-5953
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14560101
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5953
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5953
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-19
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/index.html
- https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2979
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168