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CVE-2016-4971 GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

HighCVSS 8.8 EPSS 46.1%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/wget(Debian:12) < 1.18-1 1.18-1
debian/wget(Debian:13) < 1.18-1 1.18-1
debian/wget(Debian:14) < 1.18-1 1.18-1
GNU wget < 1.18 1.18
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 12.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 14.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 15.10 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 16.04 No fix listed
oracle solaris = 10 No fix listed
oracle solaris = 11.3 No fix listed
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 6.1.0, <= 6.1.16 No fix listed
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.14 No fix listed
paloaltonetworks pan-os >= 7.1.0, <= 7.1.9 No fix listed
alpine/wget(Alpine:v3.4) < 1.17.1-r1 1.17.1-r1

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