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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-12 High Severity Curl Code Execution Threats

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover various security flaws in curl that impact Gentoo systems. Urgent advisory highlighting severe threats, including risks of remote code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in curl, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

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 high severity security issue code execution arbitrary code execution Gentoo Linux curl

Resolution

All curl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-8.3.0-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-43551 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43551 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-43552 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43552 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-23914 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23914 [ 4 ] CVE-2023-23915 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23915 [ 5 ] CVE-2023-23916 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23916 [ 6 ] CVE-2023-27533 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27533 [ 7 ] CVE-2023-27534 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27534 [ 8 ] CVE-2023-27535 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27535 [ 9 ] CVE-2023-27536 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27536 [ 10 ] CVE-2023-27537 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27537 [ 11 ] CVE-2023-27538 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27538 [ 12 ] CVE-2023-28319 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28319 [ 13 ] CVE-2023-28320 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28320 [ 14 ] CVE-2023-28...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-12
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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: October 11, 2023
Bugs: #887745, #894676, #902801, #906590, #910564, #914091, #915195
ID: 202310-12

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue code execution arbitrary code execution Gentoo Linux curl

Synopsis

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

Background

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

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------- ------------ ------------ net-misc/curl < 8.3.0-r2 >= 8.3.0-r2

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Note that the risk of remote code execution is limited to SOCKS usage.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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