| Name | CVE-2016-4971 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-536-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 827003 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wget (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.16-1+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.18-5+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster | 1.20.1-1.1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.21-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.21.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.24.5-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wget | source | wheezy | 1.13.4-3+deb7u3 | | DLA-536-1 | |
| wget | source | jessie | 1.16-1+deb8u1 | | | |
| wget | source | (unstable) | 1.18-1 | | | 827003 |
Notes
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 (v1.18)