Amazon Linux AMI update for wget



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-4971
CWE-ID CWE-254
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Security Features

EUVDB-ID: #VU32275

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4971

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    wget-debuginfo-1.18-1.18.amzn1.i686
    wget-1.18-1.18.amzn1.i686

src:
    wget-1.18-1.18.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    wget-1.18-1.18.amzn1.x86_64
    wget-debuginfo-1.18-1.18.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-720.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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