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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2382-1 curl -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

26 Sep 2020

Affected Packages:

curl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-8231.

More information:

An issue has been found in curl, a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax. In rare circumstances, when using the multi API of curl in combination with CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY, the wrong connection might be used when transfering data later.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 7.52.1-5+deb9u12.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

For the detailed security status of curl please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/curl

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS