CVE-2024-38428

Publication date 16 June 2024

Last updated 12 August 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wget	24.10 oracular	Fixed 1.24.5-1ubuntu2
	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	Fixed 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	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

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
wget	Upstream: ?id=ed0

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