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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3643-2 Moderate: Wget Cookie Injection Risk

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2018
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Security flaw in Wget addressed in Ubuntu 12.04 ESM update to eliminate cookie manipulation concerns. Ensure your system is updated.
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:

USN-3643-1 fixed a vulnerability in Wget. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  wget                            1.13.4-2ubuntu1.6

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3643-2

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

  CVE-2018-0494

May 09, 2018

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