Mageia 2020-0263: axel security update

Updated axel package fixes security vulnerability: An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification (CVE-2020-13614). The axel package has been updated to version 2.17.8, fixing this issue and other bugs.

MGASA-2020-0263 - Updated axel packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0263.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-13614

Updated axel package fixes security vulnerability:
An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS
implementation lacks hostname verification (CVE-2020-13614).
The axel package has been updated to version 2.17.8, fixing this issue
and other bugs.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26754
- https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2020-06/msg00030.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13614

SRPMS:
- 7/core/axel-2.17.8-2.mga7