UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5953

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5953

    Published: 4 Apr 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-5953

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5953, https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2019-04/msg00001.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3943-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3943-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5953

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wget

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5

    Affected versions

    1.14-2ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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