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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4098-1 (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

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in cURL, an URL transfer library. CVE-2018-1000005 Zhouyihai Ding discovered an out-of-bounds read in the code handling HTTP/2 trailers. This issue doesn't affect the oldstable distribution (jessie). CVE-2018-1000007 Craig de Stigter discovered that authentication data might be leaked to third parties when following HTTP redirects.

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 (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 7.38.0-4+deb8u9. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 7.52.1-5+deb9u4. We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages. For the detailed security status of curl please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)