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Debian 8: DLA-1760-1 Moderate: wget Buffer Overflow Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey April 22, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
A security flaw was uncovered by Kusano Kazuhiko in wget that impacts Debian 8 systems. It is advised to perform an upgrade to mitigate risks.
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 Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1.16-1+deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your wget packages.

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











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Package: wget
Version: 1.16-1+deb8u6
CVE ID: CVE-2019-5953

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security advisory denial of service update buffer overflow debian wget network utility

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