High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-13089
CVE-2017-13089
Description
The http.c:skip_short_body() function is called in some circumstances, such as when processing redirects. When the response is sent chunked in wget before 1.19.2, the chunk parser uses strtol() to read each chunk's length, but doesn't check that the chunk length is a non-negative number. The code then tries to skip the chunk in pieces of 512 bytes by using the MIN() macro, but ends up passing the negative chunk length to connect.c:fd_read(). As fd_read() takes an int argument, the high 32 bits of the chunk length are discarded, leaving fd_read() with a completely attacker controlled length argument.
Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: prior to 1.19.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.viestintavirasto.fi/en/cybersecurity/vulnerabilities/2017/haavoittuvuus-2017-037.htmlnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4008nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101592nvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039661nvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-06nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3075nvd
- www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_62_Wgetnvd
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