GNU wget 1.8/1.8.1/1.8.2/1.9/1.9.1 memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in GNU wget 1.8/1.8.1/1.8.2/1.9/1.9.1 (Automation Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 12/09/2004. The weakness was released 04/27/2005 by Jan Minar (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1488 since 02/15/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 139 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27476 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : wget (wget-1689)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117848 (CentOS Security Update for Wget (CESA-2005:771)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18421) and Tenable (27476). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 22985 and 24240.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 27476
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : wget (wget-1689)
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OpenVAS ID: 52277
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: wget, wget-devel
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02/15/2005 +67 days 🔍
04/27/2005 +71 days 🔍
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06/14/2005 +48 days 🔍
06/23/2006 +374 days 🔍
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10/17/2007 +457 days 🔍
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06/02/2019 +1545 days 🔍

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Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Jan Minar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1488 (🔍)
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X-Force: 18421
SecurityTracker: 1012472
Vulnerability Center: 8321 - Code Execution in Wget 1.8.* and 1.9.* via Control Characters in HTTP Responses, Medium
SecurityFocus: 11871 - GNU WGet Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20960 - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 12638 - CVE-2004-1488 - Wget - Code Exectuion Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/02/2019 11:52
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (81), 06/02/2019 11:52 (12)
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