1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3943-1

USN-3943-1: Wget vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 April 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Wget.

Releases

Packages

  • wget - retrieves files from the web

Details

It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20483)

Kusano Kazuhiko discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-5953)

It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-20483)

Kusano Kazuhiko discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-5953)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic wget –  1.19.5-1ubuntu1.1
18.04 bionic wget –  1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2
16.04 xenial wget –  1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5
14.04 trusty wget –  1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5

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