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RedHat Update for wget RHSA-2017:3075-01

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Red Hat Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'wget' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

The wget packages provide the GNU Wget file retrieval utility for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols. Security Fix(es): * A stack-based and a heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in wget when processing chunked encoded HTTP responses. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit these flaws to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090) Red Hat would like to thank the GNU Wget project for reporting these issues.

Affected Software

Affected Software

wget on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)