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title: "CVE-2010-2252\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2252

Publication date 6 July 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the
original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which
allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx
redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a
URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a
consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wget | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.12-1.1ubuntu2.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.11.4-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.11.4-2ubuntu1.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.10.2-3ubuntu1.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.10.2-1ubuntu1.2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2252?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| wget | * Upstream:   <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-07/msg00076.html> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2252)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2252)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2252)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2252)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-982-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-982-1)
+ Wget vulnerability
+ 2 September 2010

### Other references

* <http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2088>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2252>