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CVE-2021-31879

Published: 29 April 2021

GNU Wget through 1.21.1 does not omit the Authorization header upon a redirect to a different origin, a related issue to CVE-2018-1000007.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
no upstream fix as of 2022-01-05
also see previous upstream bug from 2019
ccdm94
as of 2024-01-08, there has been no updates
to the related but. The 2019 bug is still
open and there is no answer to the message
from the mailing list.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
wget
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
bionic Deferred

focal Deferred

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Deferred

xenial Deferred

jammy Deferred

upstream Needed

mantic Deferred

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N