Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120709
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-720)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'wget' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-720 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'wget' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-720 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource. (CVE-2016-4971) Affected Software/OS: 'wget' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4971 1036133 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 40064 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ 91530 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 GLSA-201610-11 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 RHSA-2016:2587 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html USN-3012-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1 [info-gnu] 20160609 GNU wget 1.18 released http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 openSUSE-SU-2016:2027 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html
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