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CVE-2024-38428 Detail

Description

url.c in GNU Wget through 1.24.5 mishandles semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI, and thus there may be insecure behavior in which data that was supposed to be in the userinfo subcomponent is misinterpreted to be part of the host subcomponent.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=ed0c7c7e0e8f7298352646b2fd6e06a11e242ace Mailing List  Patch 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2024-06/msg00005.html Mailing List  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-38428
NVD Published Date:
06/15/2024
NVD Last Modified:
10/28/2024
Source:
MITRE