Bug 1429984 – CVE-2017-6508 wget: CRLF injection in the url_parse function in url.c

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Bug 1429984 - (CVE-2017-6508) CVE-2017-6508 wget: CRLF injection in the url_parse function in url.c

Summary:	CVE-2017-6508 wget: CRLF injection in the url_parse function in url.c

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-6508

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1429986
Blocks:	1429985
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Reported:	2017-03-07 10:38 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2017-03-09 09:19 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Doc Text:	A CRLF injection flaw was found in the way wget handled URLs. A remote attacker could use this flaw to inject arbitrary HTTP headers in requests, via CRLF sequences in the host sub-component of a URL, by tricking a user running wget into processing crafted URLs.
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Last Closed:	2017-03-09 00:28:28 EST
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-03-07 10:38:00 EST

CRLF injection vulnerability in the url_parse function in url.c in Wget through allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL.

References:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html

Upstream patch:

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-03-07 10:39:18 EST

Created wget tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1429986]

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