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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3643-1 Critical: Wget Cookie Injection Risk

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2018
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Ubuntu Security Alert USN-3643-1 regarding wget weakness reveals systems are vulnerable to cookie manipulation threats. Immediate update advised.
Wget could be made to inject arbitrary cookie values.

Summary

Wget could be made to inject arbitrary cookie values.

Software Description:

- wget: retrieves files from the web

Details:

It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this to inject arbitrary cookie values.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  wget                            1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 17.10:
  wget                            1.19.1-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  wget                            1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  wget                            1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3643-1

  CVE-2018-0494

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May 09, 2018

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Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.19.4-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.19.1-3ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.17.1-1ubuntu1.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.4

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