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alsa-2024:5299

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2024-08-13 00:00

Modified

2024-08-21 12:05

Summary

Moderate: wget security update

Details

The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

Security Fix(es):

wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior (CVE-2024-38428)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

URL

Type

	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5299	ADVISORY
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38428	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2292836	REPORT
	https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5299.html	ADVISORY

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8",
        "name": "wget"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.19.5-12.el8_10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior (CVE-2024-38428)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
  "id": "ALSA-2024:5299",
  "modified": "2024-08-21T12:05:01Z",
  "published": "2024-08-13T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5299"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38428"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2292836"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5299.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2024-38428"
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate: wget security update"
}

CVE-2024-38428 (GCVE-0-2024-38428)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-21 10:03

Summary

url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-…
	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit…

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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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