SB2018050852 - Cookie injection in wget (Alpine package)
Published: May 8, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018050852
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cookie injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0494)
CWE-ID: CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper processing of Set-Cookie responses. A remote attacker can return specially crafted data and inject arbitrary cookies into the cookie jar file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e6404a21b246558e15ba90e0a54011392d26c497
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=216de6f087c9096374a5b94d109a6fac300d7495
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9ac70349518c3ae6773ec02ff79be8d20f8462b8
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=06efc389600960466f2d0f27de63ab5984f00518
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5be082426ec4169377ecf7986788fc6e90d4faea
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ef64d3c2ab9ef38db387a7198c2ea6adccc6f495