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Fedora 31: FEDORA-2020-55f1f7cb13 Critical: Curl Local File Safety

- avoid overwriting a local file with -J (CVE-2020-8177) - fix partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect (CVE-2020-8169). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2020-55f1f7cb13 2020-07-10 01:00:39.961680 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : curl Product : Fedora 31 Version : 7.66.0 Release : 2.fc31 URL : https://curl.se/ Summary : A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others) Description : curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP, SMTP, POP3 and RTSP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: - avoid overwriting a local file with -J (CVE-2020-8177) - fix partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect (CVE-2020-8169) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Wed Jun 24 2020 Kamil Dudka - 7.66.0-2 - avoid overwriting a local file with -J (CVE-2020-8177) - fix partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect (CVE-2020-8169) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1847915 - CVE-2020-8177 curl: command line arguments lead to local file overwrite https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1847915 [ 2 ] Bug #1847916 - CVE-2020-8169 libcurl: partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1847916 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update canbe installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-55f1f7cb13' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . Fedora 32 curl upgrade addresses local file replacement and DNS credential exposure concerns to improve security.. Fedora Update,curl command line,security advisory,local file safety,DNS security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 09, 2020 •Critical Fedora