PT-2010-1093 · Gnu+2 · Wget+2
Daniele Bianco
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Published
2010-07-06
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Updated
2024-06-15
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CVE-2010-2252
CVSS v2.0
6.8
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
GNU Wget versions 1.12 and earlier
wget versions prior to 1.12-r2
Description
The issue allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename. This could possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory. Exploitation of this issue may lead to a breach of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information and can be carried out remotely.
Recommendations
For GNU Wget versions 1.12 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.12 to resolve the issue.
For wget versions prior to 1.12-r2, update to version 1.12-r2 or later to fix the problem.
As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the use of server-provided filenames for determining the destination filename of a download until a patch is available.
Fix
RCE
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Centos
Red Hat
Wget