RedHat: RHSA-2019-2979:01 Important: wget security update
Summary
The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP,
HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
Security Fix(es):
* wget: do_conversion() heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability
(CVE-2019-5953)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5953 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5):
Source:
wget-1.14-16.el7_5.1.src.rpm
x86_64:
wget-1.14-16.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-16.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):
Source:
wget-1.14-16.el7_5.1.src.rpm
ppc64:
wget-1.14-16.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-16.el7_5.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
wget-1.14-16.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-16.el7_5.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
wget-1.14-16.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-16.el7_5.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
wget-1.14-16.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-16.el7_5.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1695679 - CVE-2019-5953 wget: do_conversion() heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability