Alpine: multiple wget packages: security update to 1.20.2-r0 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400587

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS)
or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2019-5953)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 400587

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5953

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5953

BID: 107734

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