K15897 : Wget vulnerability CVE-2014-4877

Security Advisory Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink. (CVE-2014-4877)

Impact

Unauthorized users may be able to disclose or modify information, or cause a disruption of service.