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New wget packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue.



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/wget-1.14-i486-3_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes a symlink vulnerability that could allow an attacker
to write outside of the expected directory.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4877
(* 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
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :):

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

Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/wget-1.11.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/wget-1.11.4-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/wget-1.12-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/wget-1.12-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/wget-1.12-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/wget-1.12-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/wget-1.14-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/wget-1.14-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/wget-1.14-i486-3_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/wget-1.14-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/wget-1.16-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/wget-1.16-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
b7a81d5572aee18d5c869bbd9f59893d wget-1.11.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
102437fb8609a463691711e252af4ff8 wget-1.11.4-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
e4d34ed701fc66d12322038d895cb3d3 wget-1.12-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
cf85b424baff5aecbf8681bb557e6e12 wget-1.12-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
a9c99de9c8e7c30b9327e5c8a3d04228 wget-1.12-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
3b2c2cbe1d8f646580f78460b0c2df2a wget-1.12-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
922b995ba10798ee698d07782e1aadda wget-1.14-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
1fdeebdd813a14848e45a7c3b717bd90 wget-1.14-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
b9bb85eb35501cc88c44160116a3c90b wget-1.14-i486-3_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
5c1246ee37bfcc9d8055105152fb8827 wget-1.14-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
7a653e3e70efccf0951572c48debf409 n/wget-1.16-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1c165656309faf28127690637e85d954 n/wget-1.16-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wget-1.14-i486-3_slack14.1.txz


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