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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!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 GNUs 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>