USN-6852-1 fixed a vulnerability in Wget. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled semicolons in the userinfo subcomponent of a URI. A remote attacker could possibly trick a user into connecting to a different host than expected.
{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1", "binary_name": "wget" }, { "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1", "binary_name": "wget-dbgsym" }, { "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1", "binary_name": "wget-udeb" }, { "binary_version": "1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1", "binary_name": "wget-udeb-dbgsym" } ] }
{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1", "binary_name": "wget" }, { "binary_version": "1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1", "binary_name": "wget-dbgsym" }, { "binary_version": "1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1", "binary_name": "wget-udeb" } ] }