RHEL 4 / 5 : wget (RHSA-2009:1549)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 42359

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for wget.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2009:1549 advisory.

- wget: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name (CVE-2009-3490)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL wget package based on the guidance in RHSA-2009:1549.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 42359

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1549.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2009

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wget, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3490

BID: 36205

RHSA: 2009:1549

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