GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution — GLSA 201411-05

An absolute path traversal vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Package	net-misc/wget on all architectures
Affected versions	< 1.16
Unaffected versions	>= 1.16

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.

An absolute path traversal vulnerability has been found in GNU Wget.

A remote FTP server is able to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wget-1.16"

Release date
November 16, 2014

Latest revision
November 16, 2014: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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