-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

--------------------------------------------------------------------
GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200212-7
--------------------------------------------------------------------

PACKAGE : wget
SUMMARY : directory traversal
DATE    : 2002-12-20 17:12 UTC
EXPLOIT : remote

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Quote from advisory

"A malicious server could potentially overwrite key files to cause a 
denial of service or, in some cases, gain privileges by modifying 
executable files. The risk is mitigated because non-default 
configurations are primarily affected, and the user must be convinced 
to access the malicious server. However, web-based clients may be 
more easily exploited."

Read the full advisory at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103962838628940&w=2

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-misc/wget-1.8.2-r1 and earlier update their systems as follows:

emerge rsync
emerge wget
emerge clean

--------------------------------------------------------------------
aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE+A1BVfT7nyhUpoZMRAitfAJ0ZuwvlTRZnBP9rzfRPE51L7Qm3MwCfUXLn
4QPk2v8r54aB+53CPAwIFhk=
=RLsN
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--
gentoo-security@gentoo.org mailing list