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.
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.
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.
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.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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