wget out of date

[Simon L. Nielsen]

On 2005.01.30 06:39:22 +0000, Chris wrote:
> Hi I see this every day for weeks now
> 
> Affected package: wget-1.8.2_6
> Type of problem: wget -- multiple vulnerabilities.
> Reference: <http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/06f142ff-4df3-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html>
> 
> and checked the wget website and see 1.9.1 is out below, is the wget
> port maintainer given up or something?
> 
> "The latest stable version of GNU wget is 1.9.1. This is a bugfix
> release with no user-visible changes since 1.9. "

1.9.1 does not fix all the security issues, so upgrading doesn't make
that much of a difference.  Considering how long these problems have
been known I wouldn't hold my breath for a real fix (other than
deleting wget).

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
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