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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4971: GNU Wget: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4971: GNU Wget: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/30/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-wget

References

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