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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-16 Advisory on cURL Data Loss Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey July 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 202110-21 addresses vulnerabilities in OpenSSL that may lead to critical data breaches or unauthorized access.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could result in information disclosure or data loss.

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 multiple issues data loss information disclosure normal severity cURL

Resolution

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.71.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-8169 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8169 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-8177 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8177

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-16
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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: July 26, 2020
Bugs: #729374
ID: 202007-16

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo multiple issues data loss information disclosure normal severity cURL

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could result in information disclosure or data loss.

Background

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/curl < 7.71.0 >= 7.71.0

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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