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CVE-2016-4971 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html CVEMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html CVEBroken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html CVEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html CVEBroken Link

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu wget
< 1.18

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
15.10
16.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
oracle solaris
10
11.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
paloaltonetworks pan-os
>= 6.1.0, <= 6.1.16
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.14
>= 7.1.0, <= 7.1.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4971
NVD Published Date:
Jun 30, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-4971 Details - Not Deferred