Fedora 26: Wget Update 1.19.2 Critical: Buffer Overflow Issues

GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility which can use either the HTTP or

FTP protocols. Wget features include the ability to work in the

background while you are logged out, recursive retrieval of

directories, file name wildcard matching, remote file timestamp

storage and comparison, use of Rest with FTP servers and Range with

HTTP servers to retrieve files over slow or unstable connections,

support for Proxy servers, and configurability.

new upstream release with CVE fixes

[ 1 ] Bug #1505445 - CVE-2017-13090 wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1505445

[ 2 ] Bug #1505444 - CVE-2017-13089 wget: Stack-based buffer overflow in HTTP protocol handling

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1505444

su -c 'dnf upgrade wget' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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