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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2016-4971 EUVD-2016-5944GHSA-5w8p-rj9f-xvj7

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

Published Jun 30, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Package: wget Package: wget Package: wget Ecosystem: Alpine Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wget 1.18-1 —
Debian 13 wget 1.18-1 —
Debian 12 wget 1.18-1 —
Debian 7 wget 1.13.4-3+deb7u3 DLA-536-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS wget 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1 USN-3012-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wget 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2 USN-3012-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7 wget 1.14-13.el7 RHSA-2016:2587

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP1 wget 1.14-10.3 SUSE-SU-2016:2226-1
SLES 11 SP4 wget 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1
SLES 11 SP3 wget +1 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1
SLES 11 wget-openssl1 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 wget 1.14-10.3 SUSE-SU-2016:2226-1
SLES for SAP 11 SP4 wget 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5 wget 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 wget 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1
SUSE Manager 2.1 wget 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 wget 1.11.4-1.32.1 SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed wget 1.18-2.3 openSUSE-SU-2024:10263-1

Alpine

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.4 wget 1.17.1-r1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 7 wget 1.14-13.el7 ELSA-2016-2587

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 3 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 7

References