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Gentoo: GLSA 201406-21 Normal: cURL Critical Man-In-The-Middle Threat

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cURL users should update to mitigate severe risks of man-in-the-middle attacks as detailed in the recent Gentoo GLSA 202309-30 notice.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL, the worst of which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo man-in-the-middle curl normal severity multi-threat

Resolution

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.36.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0138 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0138 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0139 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0139

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-21
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 22, 2014
Bugs: #505864
ID: 201406-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo man-in-the-middle curl normal severity multi-threat

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL, the worst of which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background

cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting numerous protocols.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/curl < 7.36.0 >= 7.36.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate certification authority. Furthermore, a context-dependent attacker may be able to bypass security restrictions by connecting as other users.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.