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RockyLinux 8 : wget (RLSA-2024:5299)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 235555

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:5299 advisory.

 * wget: Misinterpretation of input may lead to improper behavior (CVE-2024-38428)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected wget, wget-debuginfo and / or wget-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5299

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292836

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 235555

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-5299.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38428

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wget-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wget, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wget-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38428