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Mageia 9: MGASA-2024-0378 critical: Wget remote access issue

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2024
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The new notification from Mageia regarding wget highlights severe vulnerabilities impacting programs that utilize abbreviated web links.
Applications that use Wget to access a remote resource using shorthand URLs and pass arbitrary user credentials in the URL are vulnerable

Summary

Applications that use Wget to access a remote resource using shorthand URLs and pass arbitrary user credentials in the URL are vulnerable. In these cases attackers can enter crafted credentials which will cause Wget to access an arbitrary host. (CVE-2024-10524)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33780

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/18/6

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10524

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access authentication Wget Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/wget-1.21.4-1.2.mga9

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Publication date: 27 Nov 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0378.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-10524

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access authentication Wget Mageia

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