USN-3643-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3643-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3643-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3643-1
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Published
2018-05-09T13:11:27.932285Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:31:48.388108Z
Summary
wget vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to inject arbitrary cookie values.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.14-2ubuntu1
1.14-5ubuntu1
1.15-1ubuntu1
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2
1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wget",
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.16.1-1ubuntu1
1.17.1-1ubuntu1
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.2
1.17.1-1ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wget",
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name
wget
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.19.1-3ubuntu1
1.19.1-3ubuntu1.1
1.19.2-1ubuntu1
1.19.3-2ubuntu1
1.19.4-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "wget",
            "binary_version": "1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "wget-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}