USN-3012-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3012-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3012-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3012-1
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Published
2016-06-20T16:57:53.701613Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:16Z
Summary
wget vulnerability
Details

Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled filenames when being redirected from an HTTP to an FTP URL. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to overwrite local files.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.14-2ubuntu1
1.14-5ubuntu1
1.15-1ubuntu1
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "wget"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-4971",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.16.1-1ubuntu1
1.17.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "wget"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-4971",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}