Bug 36368 – wget: Symlink attack (3.2)

Bug 36368 - wget: Symlink attack (3.2)


Summary:	wget: Symlink attack (3.2)

Status:	CLOSED FIXED

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Security updates
Version:	UCS 3.2
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 3.2-6-errata
Assigned To:	Arvid Requate
QA Contact:	Stefan Gohmann

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Reported:	2014-10-31 13:11 CET by Moritz Muehlenhoff
Modified:	2015-08-21 13:14 CEST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Moritz Muehlenhoff

2014-10-31 13:11:32 CET

If wget is used to recursively download a directory over FTP, a symlink attack can create arbitrary file or overwrite existing ones (CVE-2014-4877).

Comment 1 Arvid Requate

2015-08-18 17:01:21 CEST

Advisory: 2015-08-18-wget.yaml

Comment 2 Stefan Gohmann

2015-08-19 09:05:14 CEST

YAML: OK

Build log / Patches: OK
# zgrep CVE-2014-4877 /usr/share/doc/wget/changelog.Debian.gz
    setting of wget. Fixes security bug CVE-2014-4877  

Inst / Update i386: OK

Inst / Update amd64: OK

Comment 3 Janek Walkenhorst

2015-08-21 13:14:34 CEST

<http://errata.univention.de/ucs/3.2/362.html>