Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-3012-1 Moderate: Wget File Overwrite

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June 20, 2016

Wget could be made to overwrite files.

Summary

Wget could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description:

- wget: retrieves files from the web

Details:

Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled filenames when

being redirected from an HTTP to an FTP URL. A malicious server could

possibly use this issue to overwrite local files.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update file overwrite Ubuntu wget

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  wget                            1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 15.10:
  wget                            1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  wget                            1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  wget                            1.13.4-2ubuntu1.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.