Debian: DSA-4007-1: curl security update

Date27 Oct 2017

CategoryDebian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Brian Carpenter, Geeknik Labs and 0xd34db347 discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, incorrectly parsed an IMAP FETCH response with size 0, leading to an out-of-bounds read.


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4007-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Alessandro Ghedini
October 27, 2017                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : curl
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-1000257

Brian Carpenter, Geeknik Labs and 0xd34db347 discovered that cURL, an URL
transfer library, incorrectly parsed an IMAP FETCH response with size 0,
leading to an out-of-bounds read.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 7.38.0-4+deb8u7.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.52.1-5+deb9u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 7.56.1-1.

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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