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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2824-1 (curl - unchecked tls/ssl certificate host name)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Marc Deslauriers discovered that curl, a file retrieval tool, would mistakenly skip verifying the CN and SAN name fields when digital signature verification was disabled in the libcurl GnuTLS backend. The default configuration for the curl package is not affected by this issue since the digital signature verification is enabled by default. The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected by this problem.
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 (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 7.26.0-1+wheezy7. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 7.34.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.