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Mandriva update for wget
Secunia Advisory: SA17399
Release Date: 2005-11-02
Popularity: 5,816 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandrakelinux 10.1

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-2014


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for wget. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA16984

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandrakelinux 10.1:

28b67f788c7ed5f28ca7e752b15a9eb8 10.1/RPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.i586.rpm
b0b856e5eeb63f608476877942f6a216 10.1/SRPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:

d2fc09595e4bf4267c7cc7d9d5def8ee x86_64/10.1/RPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
b0b856e5eeb63f608476877942f6a216 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/wget-1.9.1-4.3.101mdk.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:204

Other References:
SA16984:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16984/


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