CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wget (CESA-2009:1549)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67069

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated wget package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility that can use HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP.

Daniel Stenberg reported that Wget is affected by the previously published 'null prefix attack', caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in X.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially confuse Wget into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2009-3490)

Wget users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected wget package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67069

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1549.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wget

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3490

BID: 36205

CWE: 310

RHSA: 2009:1549

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