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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Wget vulnerability (USN-3643-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109681

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to inject arbitrary cookie values.

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Solution

Update the affected wget and / or wget-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3643-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109681

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3643-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2018

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0494

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wget, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wget-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0494

USN: 3643-1