Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.65749
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-842-1 (wget)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-842-1 (wget)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to wget announced via advisory USN-842-1. Details follow: It was discovered that Wget did not correctly handle SSL certificates with zero bytes in the Common Name. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 8.10: libglib2.0-0 2.18.2-0ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 9.04: libglib2.0-0 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-842-1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3490 http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2 BugTraq ID: 36205 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11099 http://secunia.com/advisories/36540 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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