Debian: DSA-3455-1: curl security update

Isaac Boukris discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, reused NTLM-authenticated proxy connections without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for the new transfer. This could lead to HTTP requests being sent over the

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3455-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Alessandro Ghedini
January 27, 2016                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : curl
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-0755

Isaac Boukris discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, reused
NTLM-authenticated proxy connections without properly making sure that
the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for
the new transfer. This could lead to HTTP requests being sent over the
connection authenticated as a different user.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.38.0-4+deb8u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.47.0-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

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