CVE-2019-5953

Public on 2019-04-17

Modified on 2019-06-13

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the GNU Wget in version 1.20.1 and earlier when processing Internationalized Resource Identifiers. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.

Severity

Important

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CVSS v3 Base Score

8.8

See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	wget	2019-04-17 18:51	ALAS-2019-1194
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	wget	2019-06-11 23:19	ALAS2-2019-1227

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	CVSSv2	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	CVSSv3	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-5953 Mitre: CVE-2019-5953 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity