GLSA 201406-21: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/22/2014
Bugs:	#505864
ID:	201406-21

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL, the worst of which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting numerous protocols.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/curl	< 7.36.0	>= 7.36.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

Availability

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?

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.