Debian: DSA-3638-1: curl security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in cURL, an URL transfer library: CVE-2016-5419

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3638-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Alessandro Ghedini
August 03, 2016                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : curl
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-5419 CVE-2016-5420 CVE-2016-5421

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in cURL, an URL transfer library:

CVE-2016-5419

    Bru Rom discovered that libcurl would attempt to resume a TLS session
    even if the client certificate had changed.

CVE-2016-5420

    It was discovered that libcurl did not consider client certificates
    when reusing TLS connections.

CVE-2016-5421

    Marcelo Echeverria and Fernando Muñoz discovered that libcurl was
    vulnerable to a use-after-free flaw.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 7.38.0-4+deb8u4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 7.50.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

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