USN-3012-1

Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled filenames when being redirected from an HTTP to an FTP URL. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to overwrite local files.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name: wget
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.14-2ubuntu1

1.14-5ubuntu1

1.15-1ubuntu1

1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "wget"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / wget

Package

Name: wget
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.16.1-1ubuntu1

1.17.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "wget"
        }
    ]
}