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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201706-16 ] GNU Wget: Header injection
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 17:16:10
Message-Id: 53f4ebb3-e405-d86b-b091-cd1406114953@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201706-16
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GNU Wget: Header injection
9 Date: June 20, 2017
10 Bugs: #612326
11 ID: 201706-16
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15 Synopsis
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18 A header injection vulnerability in GNU Wget might allow remote
19 attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers.
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21 Background
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24 GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP,
25 HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/wget < 1.19.1-r1 >= 1.19.1-r1
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35 Description
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38 It was discovered that there was a header injection vulnerability in
39 GNU Wget which allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP
40 headers via CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could inject arbitrary HTTP headers in requests by
46 tricking a user running GNU Wget into processing crafted URLs.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wget-1.19.1-r1"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-6508
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6508
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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