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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201806-01
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Severity: Normal
Title: GNU Wget: Cookie injection
Date: June 13, 2018
Bugs: #655216
ID: 201806-01

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Synopsis
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A vulnerablity in GNU Wget could allow arbitrary cookies to be
injected.

Background
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GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP,
HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/wget < 1.19.5 >= 1.19.5

Description
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A vulnerability was discovered in GNU Wget’s resp_new function which
does not validate \r\n sequences in continuation lines.

Impact
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A remote attacker could inject arbitrary cookie entry requests.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-misc/wget-1.19.5”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-0494
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0494

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

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