wget returns segmentation fault

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Issue

  • when we try with wget to access a file on a remote location, we get a segmentation fault.

    wget -vvv http://10.0.0.xx:8080/some/path/file.txt --http-user=xxx --http-password=xxx
    ...
    ...
    Connecting to 10.xx.xx.xx:8080... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 401 Unauthorized
    Segmentation fault
    
    [From journalctl]
    Feb 0x 14:xx:xx hostname kernel: wget[4666]: segfault at 0 ip 0000000000xxaaxx sp 00007xxyy730xxxx error 4 in wget[400000+60000]
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3
  • wget (wget-1.14-15.el7_4.1.x86_64)

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