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Debian Stretch DLA-2664-1 Critical: Curl Data Exposure Threat

debian lts
Calendar Grey May 17, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Elevate your curl libraries for Debian LTS to address possible data vulnerabilities in HTTP transactions that might expose confidential information.
Viktor Szakats reported that libcurl, an URL transfer library, does not strip off user credentials from the URL when automatically populating the Referer HTTP request header field ...
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security advisory critical Debian authentication curl data leak libcurl authentication exposure curl data leak

Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
7.52.1-5+deb9u14.

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+deb9u14
CVE ID: CVE-2021-22876
Debian Bug: 986269

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security advisory critical Debian authentication curl data leak libcurl authentication exposure curl data leak

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