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Debian DSA-3240-1 Important: cURL Exposes Sensitive Proxy Headers

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2015
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Critical update for cURL in Debian to mitigate confidential data exposure through proxy configurations.
It was discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, if configured to use a proxy server with the HTTPS protocol, by default could send to the proxy the same HTTP headers it sends...
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security advisory information leak critical debian proxy cURL HTTP headers

Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.38.0-4+deb8u2.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem will be fixed in
version 7.42.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.42.1-1.

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/



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Package: curl
CVE ID: CVE-2015-3153

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security advisory information leak critical debian proxy cURL HTTP headers

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