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TITLE:
Debian update for wget

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40861

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-05

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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for wget. This fixes a weakness, which
can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
features.

The weakness is caused due to wget using the filename suggested via
the "Location" header when downloading files from an HTTP server.
This can be exploited to e.g. create arbitrary files in the current
directory on a user's system by tricking the user into downloading a
file from a malicious HTTP server, which uses HTTP redirection to
forward the request to a different file.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
oCERT credits Hank Leininger and Solar Designer.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2088-1:
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2088

oCERT:
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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