Re: [Full-disclosure] rPSA-2007-0011-1 wget

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        [SNIP]

>
> Description:
>     Previous versions of the wget package can crash if they contact a
>     malicious FTP server.  No further vulnerability is enabled by this
>     minor flaw; system security is not threatened in any way.
>


Which might well be a good thing eh?  Afterall, if the site is malicious,
better the app die and dump then allow one to prceed to inflict harm upon
ones self?


Thanks,


Ron DuFresne
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