RHSA-2018:3052 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: wget security and bug fix update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 30, 2018
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for wget is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
Security Fix(es):
- wget: Cookie injection allows malicious website to write arbitrary cookie entries into cookie jar (CVE-2018-0494)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.