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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.890851
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-851-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'wget' package(s) announced via the DLA-851-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'wget' package(s) announced via the DLA-851-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that there was a header injection vulnerability in wget (a tool to retrieve files from the web) which allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, this issue has been fixed in wget version 1.13.4-3+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your wget packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'wget' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-6508
BugTraq ID: 96877
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96877
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html
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