Title: GNU wget 1.5.3 chmod symlink Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
GNU Wget is a freely available network utility to retrieve files from the World Wide Web, using HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol), the two most widely used Internet protocols. When invoked with the -N option, it tries to chmod downloaded symlinks, but actually permissions are changed at target files. There is the potential to chmod target files to world-writable.
Affected Products:
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 68k
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 sparc
- GNU wget 1.5.3
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