CVE-2017-6508
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 1.19.2-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.19.1-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.19.1-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.19.1-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.19.1-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.19.1-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | wget | {"endIncluding":"1.19.1"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201710-34
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96877
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6508.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6508
CWEs
CWE-93
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.