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Amazon Linux 2023 : wget (ALAS2023-2023-012)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173167

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-012 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update wget --releasever=2023.0.20230222 ' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-012.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173167

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-012.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2023

Updated: 5/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wget-debugsource, 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: 2/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2021