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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2849-1 (curl - information disclosure)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Paras Sethia discovered that libcurl, a client-side URL transfer library, would sometimes mix up multiple HTTP and HTTPS connections with NTLM authentication to the same server, sending requests for one user over the connection authenticated as a different user.
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 oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze7. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 7.26.0-1+wheezy8. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 7.35.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.