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Debian 9: DSA-4425-1 Important: Wget Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 5, 2019
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Update wget to patch a serious buffer overflow vulnerability that has the potential to enable code execution or disrupt service availability.
Kusano Kazuhiko discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRI) in wget, a network utility to retrieve files from the web...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.18-5+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your wget packages.

For the detailed security status of wget please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wget

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: wget
CVE ID: CVE-2019-5953

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