Ubuntu 26.04 Wget Important Server-Side Request Forgery Vuln USN-8572

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Wget could be made to connect to unintended network resources. Software Description: - wget: retrieves files from the web Details: It was discovered that Wget did not properly validate the IP address provided in an FTP PASV response when operating in FTP passive mode. A remote attacker controlling a malicious FTP server, or an HTTP server that redirects to an FTP URL, could possibly use this issue to redirect Wget's data connection to an arbitrary address and perform server-side request forgery, potentially accessing localhost services or internal network resources.

Wget could be made to connect to unintended network resources.

Software Description:

- wget: retrieves files from the web

It was discovered that Wget did not properly validate the IP address

provided in an FTP PASV response when operating in FTP passive mode. A

remote attacker controlling a malicious FTP server, or an HTTP server

that redirects to an FTP URL, could possibly use this issue to redirect

Wget's data connection to an arbitrary address and perform server-side

request forgery, potentially accessing localhost services or internal

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS wget 1.25.0-2ubuntu4.3 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS wget 1.21.4-1ubuntu4.4 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS wget 1.21.2-2ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS wget 1.20.3-1ubuntu2.1+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS wget 1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS wget 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wget 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.5+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8572-1

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