Moderate: wget security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2009:1549-1
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Moderate
Issued on:	2009-11-03
Last updated on:	2009-11-03
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.4.z server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20091549.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2009-3490

Details

An updated wget package that fixes a security issue is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility that can use HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.

Daniel Stenberg reported that Wget is affected by the previously published
"null prefix attack", caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in
X.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted
certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could
use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially
confuse Wget into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2009-3490)

Wget users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.src.rpm	`0a8384308adc141060f3e02d8783385f`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.i386.rpm	`3200e66bda948aa768cdd0046c8dbd41`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`333b7d14559b7f3d3838d10724b0b098`

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm	`7772d92e37f2c7ce3edc6d28f66a6497`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm	`703ac29ddf02c33acf64a535faccf18d`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm	`4285136df6b72983a28aca1f0727a24e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.src.rpm	`cef1c83bc22b4cdb5031fb08d076d77a`

IA-32:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.i386.rpm	`8dcc5ca2b5e045dffbe9f97142a84db7`

IA-64:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm	`ce83ecb50e470d56fc30942251494b1e`

PPC:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm	`c7506ea6896201be6ef0e5de5a5fae0a`

s390x:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm	`a6e9003c2a39b999c981007b82633795`

x86_64:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm	`aa4d510f4e7a3c6c1307d7c1ea0e4103`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.src.rpm	`0a8384308adc141060f3e02d8783385f`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.i386.rpm	`3200e66bda948aa768cdd0046c8dbd41`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.ia64.rpm	`46b9561898aaa9dc84ebe8a0328adf9f`

PPC:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.ppc.rpm	`ab080a22ceaeee003cfa471225789f37`

s390:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.s390.rpm	`0e99386f08914eb7184be753b193cf98`

s390x:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.s390x.rpm	`82edeca332b54abf541ef26125d296b1`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`333b7d14559b7f3d3838d10724b0b098`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm	`7772d92e37f2c7ce3edc6d28f66a6497`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm	`703ac29ddf02c33acf64a535faccf18d`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm	`15bea7fd771b7ca4364428db6db2bd60`

PPC:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm	`4eca203d2c52b3c6e6429774e5016937`

s390:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.s390.rpm	`79e8cd99df5564c887ce1b29e5ebe852`

s390x:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm	`1271f4e804529ce0fb14d41760e93ea8`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm	`4285136df6b72983a28aca1f0727a24e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm	`7772d92e37f2c7ce3edc6d28f66a6497`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm	`703ac29ddf02c33acf64a535faccf18d`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm	`15bea7fd771b7ca4364428db6db2bd60`

PPC:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm	`4eca203d2c52b3c6e6429774e5016937`

s390:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.s390.rpm	`79e8cd99df5564c887ce1b29e5ebe852`

s390x:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm	`1271f4e804529ce0fb14d41760e93ea8`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm	`4285136df6b72983a28aca1f0727a24e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.src.rpm	`cef1c83bc22b4cdb5031fb08d076d77a`

IA-32:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.i386.rpm	`8dcc5ca2b5e045dffbe9f97142a84db7`

x86_64:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm	`aa4d510f4e7a3c6c1307d7c1ea0e4103`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.src.rpm	`0a8384308adc141060f3e02d8783385f`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.i386.rpm	`3200e66bda948aa768cdd0046c8dbd41`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.ia64.rpm	`46b9561898aaa9dc84ebe8a0328adf9f`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`333b7d14559b7f3d3838d10724b0b098`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm	`7772d92e37f2c7ce3edc6d28f66a6497`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm	`703ac29ddf02c33acf64a535faccf18d`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm	`15bea7fd771b7ca4364428db6db2bd60`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm	`4285136df6b72983a28aca1f0727a24e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm	`7772d92e37f2c7ce3edc6d28f66a6497`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm	`703ac29ddf02c33acf64a535faccf18d`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm	`15bea7fd771b7ca4364428db6db2bd60`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm	`4285136df6b72983a28aca1f0727a24e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.4.z server)

SRPMS:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.src.rpm	`cef1c83bc22b4cdb5031fb08d076d77a`

IA-32:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.i386.rpm	`8dcc5ca2b5e045dffbe9f97142a84db7`

IA-64:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm	`ce83ecb50e470d56fc30942251494b1e`

PPC:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm	`c7506ea6896201be6ef0e5de5a5fae0a`

s390x:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm	`a6e9003c2a39b999c981007b82633795`

x86_64:
wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm	`aa4d510f4e7a3c6c1307d7c1ea0e4103`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.src.rpm	`0a8384308adc141060f3e02d8783385f`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.i386.rpm	`3200e66bda948aa768cdd0046c8dbd41`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.ia64.rpm	`46b9561898aaa9dc84ebe8a0328adf9f`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-0.30E.1.x86_64.rpm	`333b7d14559b7f3d3838d10724b0b098`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm	`7772d92e37f2c7ce3edc6d28f66a6497`

IA-32:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm	`703ac29ddf02c33acf64a535faccf18d`

IA-64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm	`15bea7fd771b7ca4364428db6db2bd60`

x86_64:
wget-1.10.2-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm	`4285136df6b72983a28aca1f0727a24e`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

520454 - CVE-2009-3490 wget: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3490
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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