{"id":"USN-3943-1","summary":"wget vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive\ninformation. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20483)\n\nKusano Kazuhiko discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2019-5953)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:31Z","published":"2019-04-08T23:52:29Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20483","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5953"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-20483","CVE-2019-5953","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20483","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5953"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3943-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20483"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5953"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wget","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5"}]}],"versions":["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","1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"wget","binary_version":"1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3943-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-5953","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"wget","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5"}]}],"versions":["1.16.1-1ubuntu1","1.17.1-1ubuntu1","1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1","1.17.1-1ubuntu1.2","1.17.1-1ubuntu1.3","1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"wget","binary_version":"1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3943-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-5953","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"wget","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2"}]}],"versions":["1.19.1-3ubuntu1","1.19.1-3ubuntu1.1","1.19.2-1ubuntu1","1.19.3-2ubuntu1","1.19.4-1ubuntu2","1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"wget","binary_version":"1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3943-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-20483","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2019-5953","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}