| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2010:0273.
cURL is a tool for getting files from FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet, and DICT
servers, using any of the supported protocols. cURL is designed to work
without user interaction or any kind of interactivity.
Wesley Miaw discovered that when deflate compression was used, libcurl
could call the registered write callback function with data exceeding the
documented limit. A malicious server could use this flaw to crash an
application using libcurl or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. Note:
This issue only affected applications using libcurl that rely on the
documented data size limit, and that copy the data to the insufficiently
sized buffer. (CVE-2010-0734)
Solution:
Users of curl should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. All
running applications using libcurl must be restarted for the update to take
effect.
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0273.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score:
6.8
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