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Unscored RHSA-2016:2587 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: wget security and bug fix update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client wget 0:1.14-13.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client wget-debuginfo 0:1.14-13.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode wget 0:1.14-13.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode wget-debuginfo 0:1.14-13.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server wget 0:1.14-13.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server wget-debuginfo 0:1.14-13.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation wget 0:1.14-13.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation wget-debuginfo 0:1.14-13.el7

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-4971 Public exploit EPSS 46%

    GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted …

    wget wget wget Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.3_Release_Notes/index.html
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1147572
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2016/rhsa-2016_2587.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4971
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4971
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4971