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openSUSE Security Update : wget (openSUSE-2017-1210)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104240

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for wget fixes the following security issues :

 - CVE-2017-13089,CVE-2017-13090: Missing checks for negative remaining_chunk_size in skip_short_body and fd_read_body could cause stack-based buffer overflows, which could have been exploited by malicious servers.
 (bsc#1064715,bsc#1064716)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected wget packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064715

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064716

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104240

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1210.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wget, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wget-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wget-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090