Upstream information

CVE-1999-0402 at MITRE

Description

wget 1.5.3 follows symlinks to change permissions of the target file instead of the symlink itself.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Ignore

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 wget Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 wget Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 wget Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL wget Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL wget Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 wget Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 wget Ignore

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 27 23:19:46 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 14:37:34 2025