RHEL 6 / 7 : wget (RHSA-2014:1764)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 78758

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Synopsis

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

Description

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

- wget: FTP symlink arbitrary filesystem access (CVE-2014-4877)

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-2014:1764.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 78758

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1764.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2014

Updated: 4/24/2024

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: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:wget, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 10/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4877

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2014:1764

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