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CVE-2017-13090

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The retr.c:fd_read_body() function is called when processing OK responses. When the response is sent chunked in wget before 1.19.2, the chunk parser uses strtol() to read each chunk's length, but doesn't check that the chunk length is a non-negative number. The code then tries to read the chunk in pieces of 8192 bytes by using the MIN() macro, but ends up passing the negative chunk length to retr.c:fd_read(). As fd_read() takes an int argument, the high 32 bits of the chunk length are discarded, leaving fd_read() with a completely attacker controlled length argument. The attacker can corrupt malloc metadata after the allocated buffer.

How to fix

Remediation Available
wgetDebian
Fixed in:1.19.2-1CVE-2017-13090
Fixed in:1.19.2-1CVE-2017-13090
Fixed in:1.19.2-1CVE-2017-13090
Fixed in:1.19.2-1CVE-2017-13090
wgetUbuntu
Fixed in:1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.3USN-3464-1
Fixed in:1.17.1-1ubuntu1.3USN-3464-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

36.56%probability of exploitation in 30 days
98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

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