========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3464-2 October 30, 2017
wget vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Wget. Software Description: - wget: retrieves files from the web Details: USN-3464-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Wget. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Antti Levomäki, Christian Jalio, and Joonas Pihlaja discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain HTTP responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Wget to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13089, CVE 2017-13090) Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled recursive or mirroring mode. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended access list restrictions. (CVE-2016-7098) Orange Tsai discovered that Wget incorrectly handled CRLF sequences in HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary HTTP headers. (CVE-2017-6508) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: wget 1.13.4-2ubuntu1.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3464-2 https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3464-1 CVE-2016-7098, CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090, CVE-2017-6508
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