Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3992-1 curl -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 06 Oct 2017
- Affected Packages:
- curl
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 871554, Bug 871555, Bug 877671.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-1000100, CVE-2017-1000101, CVE-2017-1000254. - More information:
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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL, an URL transfer library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2017-1000100
Even Rouault reported that cURL does not properly handle long file names when doing an TFTP upload. A malicious HTTP(S) server can take advantage of this flaw by redirecting a client using the cURL library to a crafted TFTP URL and trick it to send private memory contents to a remote server over UDP.
- CVE-2017-1000101
Brian Carpenter and Yongji Ouyang reported that cURL contains a flaw in the globbing function that parses the numerical range, leading to an out-of-bounds read when parsing a specially crafted URL.
- CVE-2017-1000254
Max Dymond reported that cURL contains an out-of-bounds read flaw in the FTP PWD response parser. A malicious server can take advantage of this flaw to effectively prevent a client using the cURL library to work with it, causing a denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 7.38.0-4+deb8u6.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 7.52.1-5+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.
- CVE-2017-1000100