Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-982-1

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It was discovered that Wget would use filenames provided by the server when following 3xx redirects. If a user or automated system were tricked into downloading a file from a malicious site, a remote attacker could create the file with an arbitrary name (e.g. .wgetrc), and possibly run arbitrary code.

wget vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 8.04 LTS , Ubuntu 9.04 , Ubuntu 9.10 , Ubuntu 10.04 LTS