USN-3943-1: Wget vulnerabilities
wget vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Wget.
Software Description
- wget – retrieves files from the web
Details
It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20483)
Kusano Kazuhiko discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-5953)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- wget – 1.19.5-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wget – 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wget – 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wget – 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3943-1: Wget vulnerabilities
