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Fedora: 22 Moderate Update for Curl Credential and Memory Issues

- implement public key pinning for NSS backend (#1195771) - fix lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use (CVE-2015-3236) - prevent SMB from sending off unrelated memory contents (CVE-2015-3237) - curl-config --libs now works on x86_64 without libcurl-devel.x86_64 (#1228363). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-10155 2015-06-20 13:32:29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : curl Product : Fedora 22 Version : 7.40.0 Release : 5.fc22 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: - implement public key pinning for NSS backend (#1195771) - fix lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use (CVE-2015-3236) - prevent SMB from sending off unrelated memory contents (CVE-2015-3237) - curl-config --libs now works on x86_64 without libcurl-devel.x86_64 (#1228363) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Wed Jun 17 2015 Kamil Dudka 7.40.0-5 - implement public key pinning for NSS backend (#1195771) * Wed Jun 17 2015 Kamil Dudka 7.40.0-4 - fix lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use (CVE-2015-3236) - prevent SMB from sending off unrelated memory contents (CVE-2015-3237) - curl-config --libs now works on x86_64 without libcurl-devel.x86_64 (#1228363) - do not run flaky test-casesin %check -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1233814 - CVE-2015-3237 curl: SMB send off unrelated memory contents https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233814 [ 2 ] Bug #1233816 - CVE-2015-3236 curl: lingering HTTP credentials in connection re-use https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233816 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update curl' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . 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. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . The recent update resolves concerns with curl in Fedora 22, boosting security measures by tackling significant credential vulnerabilities and risks related to memory leakage.. curl updates, Fedora security, credential management, security enhancements, system updates. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 24, 2015 •Important Fedora