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Amazon Linux AMI : wget (ALAS-2018-1040)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110463

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A cookie injection flaw was found in wget. An attacker can create a malicious website which, when accessed, overrides cookies belonging to arbitrary domains.(CVE-2018-0494)

Solution

Run 'yum update wget' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1040.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 110463

File Name: ala_ALAS-2018-1040.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2018

Updated: 9/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2018-0494

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0494

ALAS: 2018-1040