On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 08:26, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> I find it mildly annoying that I have not seen this discussed or even
> mentioned in here.
> 
> Or am I just ignorant?

No, you aren't.

See 
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0102.html

...
wget (CVE: CAN-2002-1344)
--------------------------
Note: notification and resolution of the wget issue was handled
primarily through Mark Cox of Red Hat Linux, not the package
maintainer.

Sep 30, 2002 - wget issue discovered
Sep 30, 2002 - notified Mark Cox (Red Hat) of wget issue
Oct 1, 2002 - found wget absolute path issue
Oct 2, 2002 - provided fake web server to Red Hat
Oct 6, 2002 - notified wget developer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Nov 7, 2002 - inquiry by Red Hat on release status for wget; still
               haven't heard back from [EMAIL PROTECTED], need to
               consider other options
Nov 25, 2002 - Red Hat notifies that wget patches are ready
Dec 2, 2002 - notification to wget developer; new email address
               found by Red Hat; developer is mostly inactive
Dec 9, 2002 - CVE ID acquired, sent to Red Hat 
...

A fixed package for Debian stable and unstable will follow today.


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        Noèl Köthe

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