Medium severity · published Mar 7, 2017
CVE-2017-6508
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…
6.1
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WG
Wget · Gnu
through 1.19.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6508
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6508
Patch
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4
Exploit
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96877
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16
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