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CVE-2024-38428

Publication date 16 June 2024

Last updated 12 August 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wget 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1.21.3-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

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Notes


mdeslaur

using semicolons in the userinfo component isn't a common occurence, but a user could be tricked into thinking they are connecting to a different host than they are in actuality

Patch details

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Package Patch details
wget

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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