SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wget (SUSE-SU-2014:1366-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83845

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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 and two non-security issues :

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

- Fix displaying of download time (bnc#901276).

- Fix 0 size FTP downloads after failure (bnc#885069).

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

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS :

zypper in -t patch slessp2-wget-9939

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS :

zypper in -t patch slessp1-wget-9938

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83845

File Name: suse_SU-2014-1366-2.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/27/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wget

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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