Security update for curl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14481-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-8231 ( SUSE ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-8231 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Security Module for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 11-SP3

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for curl fixes the following issues:

  • An application that performs multiple requests with libcurl's multi API and sets the 'CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY' option, might in rare circumstances experience that when subsequently using the setup connect-only transfer, libcurl will pick and use the wrong connection and instead pick another one the application has created since then. [bsc#1175109, CVE-2020-8231]

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:

  • Security Module for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 11-SP3
    zypper in -t patch secsp3-curl-14481=1

Package List:

  • Security Module for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • curl-openssl1-7.37.0-70.52.2
    • libcurl4-openssl1-7.37.0-70.52.2
  • Security Module for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 11-SP3 (ia64)
    • libcurl4-openssl1-x86-7.37.0-70.52.2
  • Security Module for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 11-SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libcurl4-openssl1-32bit-7.37.0-70.52.2

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