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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wget (MDKSA-2005:183)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20430

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability in libcurl's NTLM function can overflow a stack-based buffer if given too long a user name or domain name in NTLM authentication is enabled and either a) pass a user and domain name to libcurl that together are longer than 192 bytes or b) allow (lib)curl to follow HTTP redirects and the new URL contains a URL with a user and domain name that together are longer than 192 bytes.

Wget, as of version 1.10, uses the NTLM code from libcurl and is also vulnerable to this issue.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Solution

Update the affected wget package.

See Also

https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2005-10/0061.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20430

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-183.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wget, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3185

MDKSA: 2005:183