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Debian DSA-2088-1 : wget - missing input sanitization

medium Nessus Plugin ID 48256

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that wget, a command line tool for downloading files from the WWW, uses server-provided file names when creating local files. This may lead to code execution in some scenarios.

After this update, wget will ignore server-provided file names. You can restore the old behavior in cases where it is not desirable by invoking wget with the new --use-server-file-name option.

Solution

Upgrade the wget package.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.4-2+lenny2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=590296

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2088

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 48256

File Name: debian_DSA-2088.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wget, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2252

DSA: 2088