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title: "CVE-2017-6508\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-6508

Publication date 7 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6508?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the url\_parse function in url.c in Wget
through 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via
CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wget | 17.10 artful | Fixed 1.19.1-3ubuntu1.1 |
| 17.04 zesty | Fixed 1.18-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.3 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6508?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| wget | * Upstream:   [?id=4d7](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.1 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6508)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6508)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-6508)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6508)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3464-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3464-2)
+ Wget vulnerabilities
+ 30 October 2017

+ [USN-3464-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3464-1)
+ Wget vulnerabilities
+ 26 October 2017

### Other references

* <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html>
* <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6508>