RHN Errata Alert: Low: wget security update

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Security Advisory - RHSA-2005:771-10
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Summary:
Low: wget security update

Updated wget package that fixes several security issues is now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.

Description:
GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility that can use either the HTTP or        
FTP protocols.       

A bug was found in the way wget writes files to the local disk. If a
malicious local user has write access to the directory wget is saving a
file into, it is possible to overwrite files that the user running wget
has write access to. (CAN-2004-2014)

A bug was found in the way wget filters redirection URLs. It is possible
for a malicious Web server to overwrite files the user running wget has
write access to. Note: in order for this attack to succeed the local
DNS would need to resolve ".." to an IP address, which is an unlikely
situation.  (CAN-2004-1487)

A bug was found in the way wget displays HTTP response codes. It is
possible that a malicious web server could inject a specially crafted
terminal escape sequence capable of misleading the user running wget.
(CAN-2004-1488)
   
Users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a version of
wget that is not vulnerable to these issues.
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Affected Systems List
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This Errata Advisory may apply to the systems listed below. If you know that
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package profile for that server is out of date. In that case you should run
'up2date -p' as root on the system in question to refresh your software profile.

There are 187 affected systems registered in 'Your RHN' (only systems for
which you have explicitly enabled Errata Alerts are shown).

Release   Arch       Profile Name
--------  --------   ------------
3WS       x86_64     bgcluster02                             
3WS       i686       node-xeon-4                             
3WS       i686       node-xeon-8                             
3WS       i686       node-xeon-10                            
3WS       athlon     node-opteron-6                          
3WS       x86_64     opteron1                                
3WS       x86_64     opteron4                                
3WS       i686       node-xeon-7                             


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