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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201406-21
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: June 22, 2014
     Bugs: #505864
       ID: 201406-21

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL, the worst of
which could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Background
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cURL is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax,
supporting numerous protocols.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-misc/curl                < 7.36.0                  >= 7.36.0 

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

Impact
======

A remote attacker could cause a man-in-the-middle attack via a crafted
certificate issued by a legitimate certification authority.
Furthermore, a context-dependent attacker may be able to bypass
security restrictions by connecting as other users.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.36.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0138
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0138
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-0139
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0139

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-21.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5