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.
Published: 2017-03-07
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-851-1 wget security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15564 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3464-1 Wget vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3464-2 Wget vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:33:20.455Z

Reserved: 2017-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6508

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-07T08:59:00.167

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6508

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-03-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6508 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses