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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Wget vulnerability (USN-3012-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91728

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled filenames when being redirected from an HTTP to an FTP URL. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to overwrite local files.

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Solution

Update the affected wget and / or wget-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3012-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91728

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3012-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/21/2016

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wget, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wget-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4971

USN: 3012-1