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HistoryJun 27, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Wget vulnerability (USN-6852-2)

2024-06-2700:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
ubuntu
wget vulnerability
usn-6852-2
remote attacker
uri
tenable

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6852-2 advisory.

USN-6852-1 fixed a vulnerability in Wget. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04     LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled semicolons in the userinfo

subcomponent of a URI. A remote attacker could possibly trick a user into

connecting to a different host than expected.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6852-2. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(201110);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-38428");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6852-2");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Wget vulnerability (USN-6852-2)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced
in the USN-6852-2 advisory.

    USN-6852-1 fixed a vulnerability in Wget. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04
    LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

    Original advisory details:

    It was discovered that Wget incorrectly handled semicolons in the userinfo

    subcomponent of a URI. A remote attacker could possibly trick a user into

    connecting to a different host than expected.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6852-2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected wget package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-38428");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/06/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/06/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/06/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wget");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'wget', 'pkgver': '1.17.1-1ubuntu1.5+esm1'},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'wget', 'pkgver': '1.19.4-1ubuntu2.2+esm1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'wget');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxwgetp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:wget

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%