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Slackware: wget2 Critical Remote Buffer Overflow SSA:2025-364-02

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Calendar Grey December 30, 2025
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New wget2 packages address critical security issues in Slackware 15.0. Update recommended for all users to maintain safety.
New wget2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and the following security issues: Fix file overwrite issue with metalink. Fix remote buffer overflow in get_local_filename_real(), Fix buffer overflow in wget_iri_clone() after wget_iri_set_scheme(). Shared library .so-version bump. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical slackware remote buffer overflow wget2

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://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 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/wget2-2.2.1-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 06ccc5cb00d1bfae1cf28d8936f672e8 wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 64721c304ef80df73ad2dcd7b4086da2 wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 1c46eafb055858059222b16252b4cb50 n/wget2-2.2.1-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 4207ddd7bd3cce3e0eafe60c0a763d18 n/wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory security issue critical slackware remote buffer overflow wget2

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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