Ubuntu 5.04 : wget bug fix (USN-145-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20539

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

USN-145-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in wget. However, Ralph Corderoy discovered some regressions that caused wget to crash in some cases. The updated version fixes this flaw.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected wget package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20539

File Name: ubuntu_USN-145-2.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wget, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2005

Reference Information

BID: 11871

USN: 145-2

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