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To determine any possible outstanding vulnerabilities for wget please check the Ubuntu CVE tracker - https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu- security/cve/pkg/wget.html ** Changed in: wget (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to wget in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828190 Title: latest wget debian for ubuntu 16.04 Status in wget package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: We are looking for the latest debians for wget in ubuntu 16.04. Can someone help? This is to address some security vulnerabilities To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/+bug/1828190/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp