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Red Hat: RHSA-2019:1880-01 Low Severity: curl NTLM Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2019
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Keep an eye on the recent low-security patch for curl associated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Insights regarding its implications and guidance on executing the update are crucial.
An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.
Security Fix(es):
* curl: NTLM password overflow via integer overflow (CVE-2018-14618)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* baseurl with file:// hangs and then timeout in yum repo (BZ#1709474)
* curl crashes on http links with rate-limit (BZ#1711914)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low impact NTLM overflow curl security

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14618 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: curl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.src.rpm
x86_64: curl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm libcurl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm libcurl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm libcurl-devel-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm libcurl-devel-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: curl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.src.rpm
x86_64: curl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm libcurl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm libcurl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm libcurl-devel-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.i686.rpm libcurl-devel-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: curl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.src.rpm
ppc64: curl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.ppc64.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.ppc.rpm curl-debuginfo-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.ppc64.rpm libcurl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.ppc.rpm libcurl-7.29.0-51.el7_6.3.ppc64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1880-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1880
Issue date: 2019-07-29

Topic

An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low impact NTLM overflow curl security

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1622707 - CVE-2018-14618 curl: NTLM password overflow via integer overflow

1709474 - baseurl with file:// hangs and then timeout in yum repo [rhel-7.6.z]

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