Lucene search

K
amazonAmazonALAS-2017-916
HistoryOct 26, 2017 - 7:41 p.m.

Important: wget

2017-10-2619:41:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
17

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.645 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.8%

Issue Overview:

Heap-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling
A heap-based buffer overflow, when processing chunked encoded HTTP responses, was found in wget. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13090)

Stack-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling
A stack-based buffer overflow when processing chunked, encoded HTTP responses was found in wget. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious HTTP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-13089)

Affected Packages:

wget

Issue Correction:
Run yum update wget to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    wget-debuginfo-1.18-3.28.amzn1.i686  
    wget-1.18-3.28.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    wget-1.18-3.28.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    wget-1.18-3.28.amzn1.x86_64  
    wget-debuginfo-1.18-3.28.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090

Mitre: CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.645 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.8%