MGASA-2017-0104

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    MGASA-2017-0104

    Published: 4 Apr 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6508

    Summary: Updated wget packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Wget up untill version 1.19.1 does not ensure control characters are not used in the hostname part of a url. This security update rejects control characters in host part of a url.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0104.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20613, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00113.html, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wget

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/wget?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.15-5.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High