Security update for curl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1117-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9586 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9586 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-7407 ( SUSE ): 2.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2017-7407 ( NVD ): 2.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for curl fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-9586: libcurl printf floating point buffer overflow (bsc#1015332)
  • CVE-2017-7407: The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl might have allowed physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading a workstation screen during use of a --write-out argument ending in a '%' character, which lead to a heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1032309).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
    zypper in -t patch slestso13-curl-13075=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64)
    • libcurl-devel-7.19.7-1.20.52.2

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