openSUSE Security Update: update for wget ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:1380-1 Rating: moderate References: Cross-References: CVE-2014-4877 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 openSUSE 13.1 openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: wget was updated to version 1.16 to fix one security issue. The following security issue was fixed: - Fix for symlink attack which could allow a malicious ftp server to create arbitrary files, directories or symbolic links and set their permissions when retrieving a directory recursively through FTP (CVE-2014-4877). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-637 - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-637 - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-637 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64): wget-1.16-4.4.1 wget-debuginfo-1.16-4.4.1 wget-debugsource-1.16-4.4.1 - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): wget-1.16-3.4.1 wget-debuginfo-1.16-3.4.1 wget-debugsource-1.16-3.4.1 - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): wget-1.16-15.4.1 wget-debuginfo-1.16-15.4.1 wget-debugsource-1.16-15.4.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4877.html