wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wget | Gnu | 1.8 (including) | 1.8 (including) |
| Wget | Gnu | 1.8.1 (including) | 1.8.1 (including) |
| Wget | Gnu | 1.8.2 (including) | 1.8.2 (including) |
| Wget | Gnu | 1.9 (including) | 1.9 (including) |
| Wget | Gnu | 1.9.1 (including) | 1.9.1 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | wget-0:1.10.1-1.30E.1 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | wget-0:1.10.1-2.4E.1 | * |
| Wget | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Wget | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Wget | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Wget | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=110269474112384\u0026w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=110269474112384\u0026w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/