cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202003-29

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

net-misc/curl on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.66.0
Unaffected versions >= 7.66.0

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

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-7.66.0"
 

References

Release date
March 15, 2020

Latest revision
March 15, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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