Red Hat Security Advisory: wget security update
The wget packages shipped with Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 contain a security bug which, under certain circumstances, can cause local files to be written outside the download directory. [Updated 09 Jan 2003] Added fixed packages for the Itanium (IA64) architecture. [Updated 06 Feb 2003] Added fixed packages for Advanced Workstation 2.1
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2002-1344US | medium5.0 | — | ||
Directory traversal vulnerability in wget before 1.8.2-4 allows a remote FTP server to create or overwrite files as the wget user via filenames containing (1) /absolute/path or (2)… | ||||
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- FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:256 - FixedRed Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:256
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