cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202007-16

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could result in information disclosure or data loss.

Affected packages

net-misc/curl on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.71.0
Unaffected versions >= 7.71.0

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-7.71.0"
 

References

Release date
July 26, 2020

Latest revision
July 26, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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