Gentoo: GLSA-202304-07 Moderate Security Advisory for cURL Issues
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December 23, 2020
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.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.74.0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2020-8231 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8231 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-8284 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8284 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-8285 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8285 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-8286 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8286
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 23, 2020
Bugs: #737990, #759259
ID: 202012-14
Topics Covered
Background
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/curl < 7.74.0 >= 7.74.0
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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