PT-2003-1297 · Gnu · Wget

Published 2003-06-05 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2002-1565

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wget version 1.8.1

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the url filename function, which can be triggered by a long URL. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in a segmentation fault, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For wget version 1.8.1, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1565

Affected Products

Wget

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1565 · Security Note
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000716 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1565 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2002/dsa-209 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-003.0.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1565 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1565 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-372.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105474357016184&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10851 · Note