Amazon Linux AMI update for wget

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU18143

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5953

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRI) during recursive downloading. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious web server, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    wget-1.18-5.30.amzn1.i686
    wget-debuginfo-1.18-5.30.amzn1.i686

src:
    wget-1.18-5.30.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    wget-debuginfo-1.18-5.30.amzn1.x86_64
    wget-1.18-5.30.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1194.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.