Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2014.302.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2014-302-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'wget' package(s) announced via the SSA:2014-302-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'wget' package(s) announced via the SSA:2014-302-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New wget packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/wget-1.14-i486-3_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a symlink vulnerability that could allow an attacker to write outside of the expected directory. For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'wget' package(s) on Slackware 13.0, Slackware 13.1, Slackware 13.37, Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 9.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4877 BugTraq ID: 70751 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#685996 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685996 Debian Security Information: DSA-3062 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121 https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/4088 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1764 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1955 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:1366 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2014:1408 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1380 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2393-1
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