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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3638-1 (curl - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in cURL, an URL transfer library: CVE-2016-5419 Bru Rom discovered that libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session even if the client certificate had changed. CVE-2016-5420 It was discovered that libcurl did not consider client certificates when reusing TLS connections. CVE-2016-5421 Marcelo Echeverria and Fernando Munoz discovered that libcurl was vulnerable to a use-after-free flaw.
Affected Software
Affected Software
curl on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 7.38.0-4+deb8u4. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 7.50.1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.