CVE-2017-6508
wget - security update
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.20%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-6508
To remediate CVE-2017-6508, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/wget—upgrade to 1.19.1-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.19.1-2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.13.4-3+deb7u4 or later
Is CVE-2017-6508 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.19.1-r1
- from 0, < 1.19.1-2
- from 0, < 1.13.4-3+deb7u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |