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openSUSE Security Update : wget (openSUSE-2019-1236)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 124187

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for wget fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2019-5953: Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability which might cause code execution (bsc#1131493).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected wget packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1131493

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 124187

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1236.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2019

Updated: 5/31/2024

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5953

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wget, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wget-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wget-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5953