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Gentoo: GLSA-202303-12 Critical: cURL/libcurl Buffer Overflow in TFTP

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover the consequences of a buffer overflow vulnerability in cURL/libcurl concerning TFTP URLs, as well as the upgrade procedure required for users operating Gentoo Linux.
libcurl is affected by a buffer overflow in the handling of URLs for the TFTP protocol, which could be exploited to compromise a user's system

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-19 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: cURL/libcurl: Buffer overflow in the handling of TFTP URLs Date: March 21, 2006 Bugs: #125766 ID: 200603-19

Synopsis ======= libcurl is affected by a buffer overflow in the handling of URLs for the TFTP protocol, which could be exploited to compromise a user's system.
Background ========= cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting numerous protocols. libcurl is the corresponding client-side library.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffe...

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