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<glsa id="201110-10">
  <title>Wget: User-assisted file creation or overwrite</title>
  <synopsis>Insecure usage of server provided filenames may allow the creation
    or overwriting of local files.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Wget</product>
  <announced>2011-10-13</announced>
  <revised count="1">2011-10-13</revised>
  <bug>329941</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/wget" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.12-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.12-r2</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>It was discovered that Wget was unsafely trusting server-provided
      filenames. This allowed attackers to overwrite or create files on the
      user's system by sending a redirect from the expected URL to another URL
      specifying the targeted file.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to create or overwrite
      local files by enticing the user to open an attacker controlled URL,
      possibly leading to execution of arbitrary code.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/wget-1.12-r2"
    </code>
    
    <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
      available since September 19, 2010. It is likely that your system is
      already no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2252">CVE-2010-2252</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:55Z" tag="requester">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="2011-10-13T23:47:06Z" tag="submitter">
    underling
  </metadata>
</glsa>