USN-3643-2: Wget vulnerability

9 May 2018

Wget could be made to inject arbitrary cookie values.

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USN-3643-1 fixed a vulnerability in Wget. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this to inject arbitrary cookie values.

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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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