CVE-2016-4971

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-30 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:22:00 UTC
DescriptionGNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Gnu Wget All All All All
Application Gnu Wget Project Gnu Wget All All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
wget.git - GNU Wget CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org
GNU Wget < 1.18 - Arbitrary File Upload / Remote Code Execution EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
wget HTTP Redirect Bug Lets Remote Users Write Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE-2016-4971 WGET Vulnerability CONFIRM security.paloaltonetworks.com
GNU Wget: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201610-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
GNU wget Arbitrary File Upload / Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE-2016-4971 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
USN-3012-1: Wget vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:2027-1: moderate: Security update for wget SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1343666 – CVE-2016-4971 wget: Lack of filename checking allows arbitrary file upload via FTP redirect CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
GNU Wget CVE-2016-4971 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
GNU wget 1.18 released MLIST lists.gnu.org Vendor Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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