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Debian LTS: DLA-2295-1 Critical Curl Update with Exploitation Risk

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 28, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
The security bulletin DLA-2295-1 highlights a severe vulnerability in curl that affects users on Debian LTS, providing suggested updates for mitigation.
A vulnerbailty was found in curl, a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax

Summary

A vulnerbailty was found in curl, a command line tool for transferring
data with URL syntax.

When using when using -J (--remote-header-name) and -i (--include) in
the same command line, a malicious server could force curl to overwrite
the contents of local files with incoming HTTP headers.


For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
7.52.1-5+deb9u11.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

For the detailed security status of curl please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/curl

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: 7.52.1-5+deb9u11
CVE ID: CVE-2020-8177

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