Directory Traversal Affecting wget-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.16-1.13.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
39.88% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-WGETDEBUGINFO-1678787
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed29 Oct 2014

Introduced: 29 Oct 2014

CVE-2014-4877  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 wget-debuginfo to version 0:1.16-1.13.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-442.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget-debuginfo package and not the wget-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink.

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CVSS Base Scores

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