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Gentoo Linux GLSA 201411-05: GNU Wget Path Traversal Threat

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Calendar Grey November 16, 2014
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Alpine Security Advisory 202111-04 highlights a critical directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Curl that could allow for remote code execution.
An absolute path traversal vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

An absolute path traversal vulnerability has been found in GNU Wget.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Gentoo Linux path traversal normal severity GNU Wget

Resolution

All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wget-1.16"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-4877 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-4877

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-05
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution
Date: November 16, 2014
Bugs: #527056
ID: 201411-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Gentoo Linux path traversal normal severity GNU Wget

Synopsis

An absolute path traversal vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/wget < 1.16 >= 1.16

Impact

===== A remote FTP server is able to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.