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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2005.1008 -- [RedHat] Moderate: curl security update 23 December 2005 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: curl Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4 Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2005-4077 Ref: ESB-2005.0978 Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-875.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: curl security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:875-01 Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-875.html Issue date: 2005-12-20 Updated on: 2005-12-20 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE Names: CVE-2005-4077 - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary: Updated curl packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: cURL is a tool for getting files from FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet, and Dict servers, using any of the supported protocols. Stefan Esser discovered an off-by-one bug in curl. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code on a user's machine if the user can be tricked into executing curl with a carefully crafted URL. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-4077 to this issue. All users of curl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch that resolves this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 175266 - CVE-2005-4077 SA17907 cURL/libcURL URL Parsing Off-By-One Vulnerability 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm 83b66ac5f655c0675c73a754fb36968f curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm i386: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm 40e4373395a73d48813e5826302217ce curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm ia64: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm db6a1983890b2d4b9c087047703ffbfa curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64.rpm c1ee175858e2694554850a6074e05a78 curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64.rpm ppc: c102b9482bfea7ed549468cbd527643a curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ppc.rpm 5dca0663e9cea384f6c4b07d2b2c819e curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ppc64.rpm 1d695a5ff574dfb7e04ad1f71eed6334 curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ppc.rpm s390: 71d21e63880d3f4f620e5bb7c2aa7786 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.s390.rpm 95b81b8528ed3f77e72ba904b3438f6c curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.s390.rpm s390x: 71d21e63880d3f4f620e5bb7c2aa7786 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.s390.rpm 2975ba72bc7b028a73cb8f34c4e02c7c curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.s390x.rpm e1f25c48b701ba616cf9cc8f340107f4 curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.s390x.rpm x86_64: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm cac21a3c7f52b473547a7537a777c240 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm 257b3566961c1e49ae9ab8b92cf9584b curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm 83b66ac5f655c0675c73a754fb36968f curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm i386: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm 40e4373395a73d48813e5826302217ce curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm x86_64: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm cac21a3c7f52b473547a7537a777c240 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm 257b3566961c1e49ae9ab8b92cf9584b curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm 83b66ac5f655c0675c73a754fb36968f curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm i386: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm 40e4373395a73d48813e5826302217ce curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm ia64: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm db6a1983890b2d4b9c087047703ffbfa curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64.rpm c1ee175858e2694554850a6074e05a78 curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64.rpm x86_64: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm cac21a3c7f52b473547a7537a777c240 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm 257b3566961c1e49ae9ab8b92cf9584b curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm 83b66ac5f655c0675c73a754fb36968f curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.src.rpm i386: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm 40e4373395a73d48813e5826302217ce curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm ia64: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm db6a1983890b2d4b9c087047703ffbfa curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64.rpm c1ee175858e2694554850a6074e05a78 curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64.rpm x86_64: 8eb8d6c18a0098a29c74762e3b5917b1 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386.rpm cac21a3c7f52b473547a7537a777c240 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm 257b3566961c1e49ae9ab8b92cf9584b curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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