metadata/glsa/glsa-201903-08.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201903-08">
  <title>GNU Wget: Password and metadata leak</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in GNU Wget which could allow an attacker to obtain
    sensitive information.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">wget</product>
  <announced>2019-03-10</announced>
  <revised count="1">2019-03-10</revised>
  <bug>674170</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/wget" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.20.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.20.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP,
      HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A vulnerability was discovered in GNU Wget’s file_metadata in xattr.c.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker could obtain sensitive information to include
      credentials.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/wget-1.20.1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20483">CVE-2018-20483</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-03-10T06:22:02Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2019-03-10T20:49:49Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>