VulnerabilityModified
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 subcomponent of a URL.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 3.11%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.11%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.11% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-93
- Affected
- gnu/wget
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4Patch
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.htmlExploit, Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96877
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4Patch
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.htmlExploit, Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96877
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.