Amazon Linux AMI : wget (ALAS-2014-442)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78875

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink.

Solution

Run 'yum update wget' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78875

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-442.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4877

ALAS: 2014-442

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