Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Package | net-misc/curl on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 7.52.1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 7.52.1 |
cURL is a tool and libcurl is a library for transferring data with URL syntax.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review the CVE identifiers and bug reports referenced for details.
Remote attackers could conduct a Man-in-the-Middle attack to obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial of Service condition, or execute arbitrary code.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.52.1"