gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201908-19.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201908-19">
  <title>GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in GNU Wget might allow an attacker to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">wget</product>
  <announced>2019-08-15</announced>
  <revised count="1">2019-08-15</revised>
  <bug>682994</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/wget" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.20.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.20.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP,
      HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A buffer overflow was discovered in GNU’s Wget.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
      the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/wget-1.20.3"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5953">CVE-2019-5953</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-08-10T20:46:31Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2019-08-15T17:51:26Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>