PT-2016-7215 · Gnu+3 · Wget+3

Dawid Golunski · Published 2015-12-13 · Updated 2020-01-29 · CVE-2016-7098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wget versions 1.17 and earlier

Description A race condition exists when wget is used in recursive or mirroring mode to download a single file. This might allow remote servers to bypass intended access list restrictions by keeping an HTTP connection open.

Recommendations For versions 1.17 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.17 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2095

CVE-2016-7098

DLA-2086-1

MGASA-2016-0323

SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3268-1

SUSE-SU-2016_3268-1

USN-3464-1

USN-3464-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Wget

References · 39

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40824 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2016-08/msg00083.html · Exploit
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6508 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7098 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0323.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7098 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3268-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13089 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3464-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3464-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7098 · Vendor Advisory