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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : wget (ELSA-2014-1764)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 78753

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1764 advisory.

 [1.14-10.1]
 - Fix CVE-2014-4877 wget: FTP symlink arbitrary filesystem access (#1156135)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

Update the affected wget package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1764.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 78753

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1764.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4877

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

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