| Revision Date: | 2005-09-27 | Version: | 502 |
| Title: | RHSA-2005:771: wget security update (Low) |
| Description: | GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility that can use either the HTTP or FTP protocols.
A bug was found in the way wget writes files to the local disk. If a malicious local user has write access to the directory wget is saving a file into, it is possible to overwrite files that the user running wget has write access to. (CAN-2004-2014)
A bug was found in the way wget filters redirection URLs. It is possible for a malicious Web server to overwrite files the user running wget has write access to. Note: in order for this attack to succeed the local DNS would need to resolve ".." to an IP address, which is an unlikely situation. (CAN-2004-1487)
A bug was found in the way wget displays HTTP response codes. It is possible that a malicious web server could inject a specially crafted terminal escape sequence capable of misleading the user running wget. (CAN-2004-1488) Users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a version of wget that is not vulnerable to these issues.
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| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2004-1487
CVE-2004-1488
CVE-2004-2014
RHSA-2005:771-01
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| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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| Definition Synopsis |
| Release Information Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is installed
AND wget is earlier than 0:1.10.1-1.30E.1
AND wget is signed with Red Hat master key
OR Package Information
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
AND wget is earlier than 0:1.10.1-2.4E.1
AND wget is signed with Red Hat master key
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