USN-3943-1

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    USN-3943-1

    Published: 8 Apr 2019Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: wget vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20483) Kusano Kazuhiko discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5953)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3943-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20483, https://ubuntu.com/security/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