CVE-2015-7665

Description

Tails before 1.7 includes the wget program but does not prevent automatic fallback from passive FTP to active FTP, which allows remote FTP servers to discover the Tor client IP address by reading a (1) PORT or (2) EPRT command. NOTE: within wget itself, the automatic fallback is not considered a vulnerability by CVE.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.64%
Vendor Advisory boum.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-October/009591.html mailing list
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009370.html mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/10 mailing list
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/10364
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2015-08/msg00020.html mailing list
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=075d7556964f5a871a73c22ac4b69f5361295099
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76678 vdb entry
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.7/index.en.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-7665?
CVE-2015-7665 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-7665?
To fix CVE-2015-7665, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-7665 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-7665 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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