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CentOS 6 / 7 : wget (CESA-2014:1764)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78751

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated wget package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The wget package provides the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.

A flaw was found in the way Wget handled symbolic links. A malicious FTP server could allow Wget running in the mirror mode (using the '-m' command line option) to write an arbitrary file to a location writable to by the user running Wget, possibly leading to code execution.
(CVE-2014-4877)

Note: This update changes the default value of the --retr-symlinks option. The file symbolic links are now traversed by default and pointed-to files are retrieved rather than creating a symbolic link locally.

Red Hat would like to thank the GNU Wget project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges HD Moore of Rapid7, Inc as the original reporter.

All users of wget are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected wget package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?04597618

http://www.nessus.org/u?4aa3eaf7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78751

File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1764.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4877

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wget, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4877

BID: 70751

RHSA: 2014:1764