Security update for wget

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0366-1
Release Date: 2025-02-05T10:57:47Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-31879 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-31879 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for wget fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-31879: Authorization header disclosed upon redirects to different origins. (bsc#1185551)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-366=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • wget-1.20.3-150000.3.29.1
    • wget-debuginfo-1.20.3-150000.3.29.1
    • wget-debugsource-1.20.3-150000.3.29.1

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