Debian: DSA-2798-1 Critical Curl SSL Issue - Remote Threat
debian
November 17, 2013
Scott Cantor discovered that curl, a file retrieval tool, would disable the CURLOPT_SSLVERIFYHOST check when the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER setting was disabled
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Summary
The default configuration for the curl package is not affected by this
issue since CURLOPT_SSLVERIFYPEER is enabled by default.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze5.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.26.0-1+wheezy5.
For the testing (jessie) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem
has been fixed in version 7.33.0-1.
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: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: curl
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4545
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