SB2018061404 - Gentoo update for GNU Wget
Published: June 14, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018061404
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) Cookie injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0494)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper processing of Set-Cookie responses. A remote attacker can return specially crafted data and inject arbitrary cookies into the cookie jar file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.