Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for curl. This fixes a security issue, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for curl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38843
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38843/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for curl. This fixes a security issue,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) or compromise an application using the library.
For more information:
SA38427
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update curl").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-2762:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/curl-7.19.7-7.fc12
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38427:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38427/
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