-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== 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 ===================================================================== 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFUUqSeXlSAg2UNWIIRAuU7AJoCLEJS9Yc2BSgaydsj0aJzd2NgUgCeOe4i TBXdKQPWlLXpJnmCyFRV4Ls= =iPXC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce