SUSE SLES10 Security Update : wget (SUSE-SU-2014:1408-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83642

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

wget was updated to fix one security issue :

- FTP symbolic link arbitrary filesystem access (CVE-2014-4877).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected wget package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83642

File Name: suse_SU-2014-1408-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wget, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4877

BID: 70751

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