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

Posted on 22 June 2014
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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@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



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