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[RHSA-2014:1764-01] Moderate: wget security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: wget security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1764-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html

Issue date: 2014-10-30

CVE Names: CVE-2014-4877

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1. Summary:

 

An updated wget package that fixes one security issue is now available for

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security

impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link 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 Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

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

 

3. Description:

 

The wget package provides the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP,

HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

 

A flaw was found in the way Wget handled symbolic links. A malicious FTP

server could allow Wget running in the mirror mode (using the '-m' command

line option) to write an arbitrary file to a location writable to by the

user running Wget, possibly leading to code execution. (CVE-2014-4877)

 

Note: This update changes the default value of the --retr-symlinks option.

The file symbolic links are now traversed by default and pointed-to files

are retrieved rather than creating a symbolic link locally.

 

Red Hat would like to thank the GNU Wget project for reporting this issue.

Upstream acknowledges HD Moore of Rapid7, Inc as the original reporter.

 

All users of wget are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which

contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the

Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

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

 

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

 

1139181 - CVE-2014-4877 wget: FTP symlink arbitrary filesystem access

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):

 

Source:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):

 

Source:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

 

Source:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm

 

ppc64:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.ppc64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.s390x.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

 

Source:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.i686.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.12-5.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):

 

Source:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.14-10.el7_0.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):

 

Source:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.14-10.el7_0.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

 

Source:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.src.rpm

 

ppc64:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.ppc64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.14-10.el7_0.1.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.s390x.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.14-10.el7_0.1.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.14-10.el7_0.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

 

Source:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.src.rpm

 

x86_64:

wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1.x86_64.rpm

wget-debuginfo-1.14-10.el7_0.1.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-2014-4877

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.

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