CVE-2016-4971
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
8.8
Description
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4971
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4971.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.18-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.18-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.18-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.18-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.18-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | wget | {"endExcluding":"1.18"} | 1.18 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4971.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4971
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.