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SUSE: 2020:14409-1 Critical: Risk of curl File Overwrite Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for curl resolves a significant vulnerability that could lead to unintended file overwriting. Further information provided.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for curl fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-8177: Fixed an issue where curl could have been tricked by a malicious server to overwrite a local file when using the -J option (bsc#1173027). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-curl-14409=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY: zypper in -t patch secsp3-curl-14409=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-curl-14409=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-curl-14409=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update file overwrite important SUSE curl

References

#1173027

Cross- CVE-2020-8177

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8177.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173027

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14409-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update file overwrite important SUSE curl

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