Package : wget Vulnerability : missing input sanitization Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2010-2252 Debian Bug : 590296
It was discovered that wget, a command line tool for downloading files from the WWW, uses server-provided file names when creating local files. This may lead to code execution in some scenarios.
After this update, wget will ignore server-provided file names. You can restore the old behavior in cases where it is not desirable by invoking wget with the new --use-server-file-name option.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.4-2+lenny2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your wget package.
Upgrade instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny - --------------------------------