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Red Hat 7 RHSA-2017:3075-01 Important: Wget Buffer Overflow

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An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: wget security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2017:3075-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3075
Issue date:        2017-10-26
CVE Names:         CVE-2017-13089 CVE-2017-13090 
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1. Summary:

An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

3. Description:

The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP,
HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

Security Fix(es):

* A stack-based and a heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in wget
when processing chunked encoded HTTP responses. By tricking an unsuspecting
user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit
these flaws to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13089,
CVE-2017-13090)

Red Hat would like to thank the GNU Wget project for reporting these
issues.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1505444 - CVE-2017-13089 wget: Stack-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling
1505445 - CVE-2017-13090 wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):

Source:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):

Source:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm

aarch64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.aarch64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.aarch64.rpm

ppc64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm

x86_64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13089
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13090
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
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Red Hat 7 RHSA-2017:3075-01 Important: Wget Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 26, 2017
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Crucial wget security enhancement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tackles severe buffer overflow vulnerabilities. More information available.
An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
Security Fix(es):
* A stack-based and a heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in wget when processing chunked encoded HTTP responses. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit these flaws to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090)
Red Hat would like to thank the GNU Wget project for reporting these issues.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13089 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13090 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm
x86_64: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm
x86_64: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm
aarch64: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.aarch64.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.src.rpm
x86_64: wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:3075-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2017-10-26

Topic

An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1505444 - CVE-2017-13089 wget: Stack-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling

1505445 - CVE-2017-13090 wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling

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