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diff --git a/glsa-201706-16.xml b/glsa-201706-16.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f6944b12 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201706-16.xml @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201706-16"> + <title>GNU Wget: Header injection</title> + <synopsis>A header injection vulnerability in GNU Wget might allow remote + attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">wget</product> + <announced>2017-06-20</announced> + <revised>2017-06-20: 1</revised> + <bug>612326</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-misc/wget" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.19.1-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.19.1-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, + HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>It was discovered that there was a header injection vulnerability in GNU + Wget which allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via + CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker could inject arbitrary HTTP headers in requests by + tricking a user running GNU Wget into processing crafted URLs. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wget-1.19.1-r1" + </code> + + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6508">CVE-2017-6508</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-03-23T20:33:13Z">whissi</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-06-20T17:09:12Z">whissi</metadata> +</glsa> |