SB2017060123 - Fedora 24 update for wget
Published: June 1, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017060123
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) CRLF injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6508)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform content spoofing attack.The vulnerability exists due to an error in the url_parse() function in url.c in Wget through 1.19.1. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL and spoof contents of the targeted website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.