Executive Summary

Summary
Title GNU Wget: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201610-11 First vendor Publication 2016-10-29
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-10-29
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

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wget, the worst of which could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wget. Please review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GNU Wget users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/wget-1.18"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-4971 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4971

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201610-11.xml

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

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-11-01 13:25:54
  • Multiple Updates
2016-10-29 17:24:28
  • First insertion