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CVE-2018-20483

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CVE-2018-20483

Published: Dec 26, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (e.g., credentials contained in the URL) by reading this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr. This also applies to Referer information in the user.xdg.referrer.url metadata attribute. According to 2016-07-22 in the Wget ChangeLog, user.xdg.origin.url was partially based on the behavior of fwrite_xattr in tool_xattr.c in curl.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

GLSA-201903-08
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
106358
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3943-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2019:3701
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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