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Gentoo GLSA-202105-36 Critical: cURL Arbitrary Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Fedora Security Update FEDO-2022-12345 highlights critical OpenSSL flaws that could lead to potential system compromise. Immediate patching recommended.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

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 high severity security issue gentoo software update critical risk arbitrary execution multiple vulnerabilities curl cURL high-severity

Resolution

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.77.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-22876 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22876 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-22890 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22890 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-22898 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22898 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-22901 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22901

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-36
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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: High
Title: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2021
Bugs: #779535, #792192
ID: 202105-36

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity security issue gentoo software update critical risk arbitrary execution multiple vulnerabilities curl cURL high-severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

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 < 7.77.0 >= 7.77.0

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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