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[slackware-security]  wget (SSA:2019-095-02)

New wget packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a
security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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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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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.

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:
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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:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wget-1.20.3-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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