cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202105-36

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

net-misc/curl on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.77.0
Unaffected versions >= 7.77.0

Background

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.77.0"
 

References

Release date
May 26, 2021

Latest revision
May 26, 2021: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local, remote

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