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Debian Wheezy DLA-1062-1 Critical: Curl Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2017
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The latest security fix for CVE-2017-1000100 in Curl on Debian Wheezy resolves challenges related to extended filenames. It is advisable to perform an upgrade.
CVE-2017-1000100 Wrong handling of very long filenames during TFTP might result in curl sending more than buffer size
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Summary

CVE-2017-1000100
Wrong handling of very long filenames during TFTP might result in
curl sending more than buffer size.


For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this problem has been fixed in version
7.26.0-1+wheezy20.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: curl
Version: 7.26.0-1+wheezy20
CVE ID: CVE-2017-1000100

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