CVE-2024-38428 Affecting wget package, versions <1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1
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EPSS
0.04% (10th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2204-WGET-7266700
- published 19 Jun 2024
- disclosed 16 Jun 2024
How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 wget to version 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.
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