openSUSE 10 Security Update : wget (wget-1689)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27476

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a security in wget, where evil servers could send terminal escape codes to the user calling wget. This would only affect interactive sessions. (CVE-2004-1488)

Additionaly a previous '.file' fix was found to be buggy and replaced.
This bug could lead to '.directories' not being retrievable and '_files' being overwritten.

Solution

Update the affected wget package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27476

File Name: suse_wget-1689.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wget

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1488

Detections

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