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openSUSE Leap 42.3: openSUSE-SU-2019:1281-1 Important: wget Buffer Overflow

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 26, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Important patch for curl tackles memory corruption vulnerability in Fedora 30, strengthening overall system integrity.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for wget fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2019-5953: Fixed a buffer overflow vulnerability which might cause

code execution (bsc#1131493).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1281=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

wget-1.14-18.1

wget-debuginfo-1.14-18.1

wget-debugsource-1.14-18.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5953.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1131493

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1281-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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