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Posted on 22 October 2019
RedHat======================================================================= Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: wget security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:3168-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3168
Issue date: 2019-10-22
CVE Names: CVE-2019-5953
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1. Summary:
An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update
Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP
Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64
3. Description:
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.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1695679 - CVE-2019-5953 wget: do_conversion() heap-based buffer overflow vu=lnerability
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.2.src.rpm
x86_64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.2.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server E4S (v. 7.4):
Source:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.2.src.rpm
ppc64le:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.2.ppc64le.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.2.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server TUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.2.src.rpm
x86_64:
wget-1.14-15.el7_4.2.x86_64.rpm
wget-debuginfo-1.14-15.el7_4.2.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/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5953
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
