Bug 157498 - CAN-2004-2014 wget symlink race
Summary: CAN-2004-2014 wget symlink race
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: wget
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Karsten Hopp
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Whiteboard: impact=low,public=20040516,source=cve...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-05-12 01:32 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-771
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-09-27 16:09:27 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:771 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: wget security update 2005-09-27 04:00:00 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2005-05-12 01:32:53 UTC 
Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink
attack on the name of the file being downloaded.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108481268725276&w=2
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-05-12 01:33:36 UTC 
This issue should also affect RHEL2.1 and RHEL3
Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-09-27 16:09:28 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
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