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From: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201406-21 ] cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 13:29:49
Message-Id: 53A6DB22.8040002@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: June 22, 2014
10 Bugs: #505864
11 ID: 201406-21
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL, the worst of
19 which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.
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21 Background
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24 cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax,
25 supporting numerous protocols.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-misc/curl < 7.36.0 >= 7.36.0
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted
45 certificate issued by a legitimate certification authority.
46 Furthermore, a context-dependent attacker may be able to bypass
47 security restrictions by connecting as other users.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.36.0"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-0138
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0138
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0139
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0139
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-21.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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