[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201406-21 ] cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201406-21

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: June 22, 2014

Bugs: #505864

ID: 201406-21

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL, the worst of

which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

 

Background

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cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax,

supporting numerous protocols.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 net-misc/curl < 7.36.0 >= 7.36.0

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review

the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted

certificate issued by a legitimate certification authority.

Furthermore, a context-dependent attacker may be able to bypass

security restrictions by connecting as other users.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.36.0"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0138

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0138

[ 2 ] CVE-2014-0139

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0139

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-21.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5