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CVE-2019-5953 (GCVE-0-2019-5953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-17 15:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:09
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ x_refsource_MISC
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25261088/index.html x_refsource_MISC
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14560101 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-19 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2979 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The GNU Projec GNU Wget Affected: 1.20.1 and earlier
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