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Amazon Linux AMI : wget (ALAS-2017-916)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104182

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling

A heap-based buffer overflow, when processing chunked encoded HTTP responses, was found in wget. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13090)

Stack-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling

A stack-based buffer overflow when processing chunked, encoded HTTP responses was found in wget. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13089)

Solution

Run 'yum update wget' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-916.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104182

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-916.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2017

Updated: 11/17/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-13090

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090

ALAS: 2017-916