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CVE-2016-7098 (GCVE-0-2016-7098)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-26 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
VLAI
Summary
Race condition in wget 1.17 and earlier, when used in recursive or mirroring mode to download a single file, might allow remote servers to bypass intended access list restrictions by keeping an HTTP connection open.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2016-08-14 00:00
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