Security Features in wget (Alpine package)



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-4971
CWE-ID CWE-254
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
 wget (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Security Features

EUVDB-ID: #VU32275

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4971

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wget (Alpine package): 1.12-r0 - 1.17.1-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f697ff8d2dd6ecbdd7acc4285c87f9eeb5cbbe9c
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=55878e350bf069ec499d2f5199cf5e8b80778ad9
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=77d0563f61e1adaf078aa318d6da7972881e3c18
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b9a9e933c28f5ae35d7ecdb12cbed584c2d10c4d


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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