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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current wget Vulnerability (SSA:2024-316-01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 210751

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to wget.

Description

The version of wget installed on the remote host is prior to 1.25.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2024-316-01 advisory.

 New wget packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the wget security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the affected wget package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?361c421a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 210751

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2024-316-01.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/11/2024

Updated: 11/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

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-2024-10524

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: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:wget, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10524