1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200503-20 / curl |
| Release Date | March 16, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | March 16, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-misc/curl | < 7.13.1 | >= 7.13.1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #82534
curl is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
curl is a command line tool for transferring files via many different protocols.
curl fails to properly check boundaries when handling NTLM authentication.
With a malicious server an attacker could send a carefully crafted NTLM response to a connecting client leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running curl.
Disable NTLM authentication by not using the --anyauth or --ntlm options.
All curl users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.13.1" |