Executive Summary

Summary
Title Wget vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3012-1 First vendor Publication 2016-06-20
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2016-06-20
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Wget could be made to overwrite files.

Software Description: - wget: retrieves files from the web

Details:

Dawid Golunski discovered that Wget incorrectly handled filenames when being redirected from an HTTP to an FTP URL. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to overwrite local files.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
wget 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 15.10:
wget 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
wget 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
wget 1.13.4-2ubuntu1.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3012-1
CVE-2016-4971

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/1.13.4-2ubuntu1.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25
Os 4
Os 2
Os 156

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2017-04-12 HTTP redirect to FTP server attempt
RuleID : 41906 - Revision : 3 - Type : POLICY-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-25 Name : The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : palo_alto_pan-os_7_0_15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1064.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-15 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20161103_wget_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-28 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-2587.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-11 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2587.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2587.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-31 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201610-11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-26 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2358-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1067.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-08 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2226-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-973.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-15 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2016-720.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-e14374472f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-2db8cbc2fd.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-24135dfe43.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-07-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-536.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-22 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_6df56c60373811e6a67160a44ce6887b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3012-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-14 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2016-165-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2016-07-18 13:23:31
  • First insertion