CVE-2019-5953 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-5953: Buffer overflow in GNU Wget 1.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-5953 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wget→ fixed in1.20.1-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wget
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wget→ fixed in1.20.1-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wget
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

wget→ fixed in1.20.1-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y wget
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

wget→ fixed in1.20.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade wget
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

wget→ fixed in1.20.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade wget
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

wget→ fixed in1.20.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade wget
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

wget→ fixed in1.20.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade wget
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

wget→ fixed in1.20.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade wget
```

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