Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for wget. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for wget
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17399
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17399/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandrakelinux 10.1
http://secunia.com/product/4198/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for wget. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA16984
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
Mandrakelinux 10.1:
28b67f788c7ed5f28ca7e752b15a9eb8
10.1/RPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.i586.rpm
b0b856e5eeb63f608476877942f6a216
10.1/SRPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.src.rpm
Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
d2fc09595e4bf4267c7cc7d9d5def8ee
x86_64/10.1/RPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
b0b856e5eeb63f608476877942f6a216
x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:204
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16984:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16984/
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