Summary
Check the version of wget
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
HD Moore discovered that Wget contained a
path traversal vulnerability when downloading symlinks using FTP. A malicious remote FTP server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause Wget to overwrite arbitrary files, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.
Affected
wget on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Detection
Get the installed version with the help
of detect NVT and check if the version is vulnerable or not.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-4877 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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