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Conectiva alert CLA-2005:940 (curl)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : curl SUMMARY : Fix for cURL vulnerability DATE : 2005-03-21 10:32:00 ID : CLA-2005:940 RELEVANT RELEASES : 10 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION cURL[1] is a client to get/put files from/to servers, using any of the supported protocols. This announcement fixes a remote buffer overflow vulnerability[2] in cURL that could allow a malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via base64 encoded replies that exceed the intended buffer lengths when decoded, which is not properly handled by the Curl_input_ntlm function in http_ntlm.c during NTLM authentication or the Curl_krb_kauth and krb4_auth functions in krb4.c during Kerberos authentication. SOLUTION It is recommended that all cURL users upgrade their packages. IMPORTANT: In order to properly close the vulnerability, all applications liked against libcurl should also be restart. REFERENCES 1.http://curl.haxx.se/ 2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0490 UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS.curl/curl-7.... ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS.curl/curl-7.1... ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS.curl/libcurl-... ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS.curl/libcurl-... ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS.curl/libcurl2... ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades: - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFCPs0Q42jd0JmAcZARAix3AJ4oxGCmj+0FjIKRFbHvLkbsDFWR6QCffTy3 rqypCYsGgsLrYjXN/aIgjQk= =zdja -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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