Slackware: 2019-095-02: wget Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/wget-1.20.3-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability: src/iri.c(do_conversion): Reallocate the output buffer to a larger size if it is already full. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5953 (* Security fix *)
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Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/wget-1.20.3-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/wget-1.20.3-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.2 package:
36bef33c1ecdf60c119ff2ff30563ee0 wget-1.20.3-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
a5c96689a62c44e10181620043aecee0 wget-1.20.3-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
81d20d99bdff70497bd78817a788226e n/wget-1.20.3-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7ffb5d4e4bacb134ae530d843150fff9 n/wget-1.20.3-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg wget-1.20.3-i586-1_slack14.2.txz