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Posted on 03 August 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3638-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Alessandro Ghedini
August 03, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : curl
CVE ID : CVE-2016-5419 CVE-2016-5420 CVE-2016-5421
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in cURL, an URL transfer library:
CVE-2016-5419
Bru Rom discovered that libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session
even if the client certificate had changed.
CVE-2016-5420
It was discovered that libcurl did not consider client certificates
when reusing TLS connections.
CVE-2016-5421
Marcelo Echeverria and Fernando Muñoz discovered that libcurl was
vulnerable to a use-after-free flaw.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 7.38.0-4+deb8u4.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 7.50.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
