TITLE:
Slackware updates for curl/wget

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17485

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/17485/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 10.0
https://secunia.com/product/4368/
Slackware Linux 8.x
https://secunia.com/product/146/
Slackware Linux 9.0
https://secunia.com/product/1336/
Slackware Linux 9.1
https://secunia.com/product/2265/

DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued updates for curl and wget. These fix a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA17192
SA17193

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/wget-1.10.2-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/wget-1.10.2-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/curl-7.10.7-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/wget-1.10.2-i486-1.tgz

Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/curl-7.12.2-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/wget-1.10.2-i486-1.tgz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.519010

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17192:
https://secunia.com/advisories/17192/

SA17193:
https://secunia.com/advisories/17193/

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