SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2358-1

    Published: 23 Sept 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for wget

    Details: This update for wget fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-4971: A HTTP to FTP redirection file name confusion vulnerability was fixed. (bsc#984060). - CVE-2016-7098: A potential race condition was fixed by creating files with .tmp ext and making them accessible to the current user only. (bsc#995964) Bug fixed: - Wget failed with basicauth: Failed writing HTTP request: Bad file descriptor (bsc#958342)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162358-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/958342, https://bugzilla.suse.com/984060, https://bugzilla.suse.com/995964, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4971, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7098

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wget-openssl1

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/wget-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITY

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.11.4-1.32.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High