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SUSE: 2021:1786-1 Moderate: curl Content Disclosure and Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 27, 2021
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The latest SUSE Security Update resolves multiple vulnerabilities found in curl. This release enhances system protection and corrects possible threats.
An update that solves 6 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available

Summary

This update for curl fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-22898: TELNET stack contents disclosure (bsc#1186114) - CVE-2021-22876: The automatic referer leaks credentials (bsc#1183933) - CVE-2020-8286: Inferior OCSP verification (bsc#1179593) - CVE-2020-8285: FTP wildcard stack overflow (bsc#1179399) - CVE-2020-8284: Trusting FTP PASV responses (bsc#1179398) - CVE-2020-8231: libcurl will pick and use the wrong connection with multiple requests with libcurl's multi API and the 'CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY' option (bsc#1175109) - Fix: SFTP uploads result in empty uploaded files (bsc#1177976) 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:

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security advisory moderate update SUSE Linux curl overflow issue content disclosure

References

#1175109 #1177976 #1179398 #1179399 #1179593

#1183933 #1186114

Cross- CVE-2020-8231 CVE-2020-8284 CVE-2020-8285

CVE-2020-8286 CVE-2021-22876 CVE-2021-22898

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-8231 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2020-8231 (SUSE): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE-2020-8284 (NVD) : 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE-2020-8284 (SUSE): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE-2020-8285 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2020-8285 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2020-8286 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2020-8286 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1786-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update SUSE Linux curl overflow issue content disclosure

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