Debian DSA-4008-1 : wget - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104223

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Synopsis

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

Description

Antti Levomaeki, Christian Jalio, Joonas Pihlaja and Juhani Eronen discovered two buffer overflows in the HTTP protocol handler of the Wget download tool, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code when connecting to a malicious HTTP server.

Solution

Upgrade the wget packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.16-1+deb8u4.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.18-5+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104223

File Name: debian_DSA-4008.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2017

Updated: 11/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wget, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2017

Reference Information

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

DSA: 4008

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