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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1379-1] curl security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
It was discovered that there was an issue in the curl a command-line tool for downloading (eg.) data over HTTP. curl could have be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded content.
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 Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in curl version 7.26.0-1+wheezy25+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.