MGASA-2019-0015 - Updated wget packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0015.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-20483

Since version 1.19 Wget stores the URL and in certain cases the
'Referer' URL within extended attributes (xattrs) of the file system
- by default.
This includes username + password and other credentials or private data
*if* those have been used within the URLs. Anyone with read access to
those files might also read the xattrs and might use the data.
Wget 1.20.1 or higher will not use xattrs by default any more. To enable
it again you have to use the --xattr option or xattr command for .wgetrc
files. (CVE-2018-20483)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24109
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/01/1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20483

SRPMS:
- 6/core/wget-1.20.1-1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0015: wget security update

Since version 1.19 Wget stores the URL and in certain cases the 'Referer' URL within extended attributes (xattrs) of the file system - by default

Summary

Since version 1.19 Wget stores the URL and in certain cases the 'Referer' URL within extended attributes (xattrs) of the file system - by default. This includes username + password and other credentials or private data *if* those have been used within the URLs. Anyone with read access to those files might also read the xattrs and might use the data. Wget 1.20.1 or higher will not use xattrs by default any more. To enable it again you have to use the --xattr option or xattr command for .wgetrc files. (CVE-2018-20483)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24109

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/01/1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20483

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0015 - Updated wget packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/wget-1.20.1-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 05 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0015.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-20483

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