cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities

cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. curl 2017-01-19 2017-01-19 536014 573102 583394 590482 592974 593716 597760 603370 603574 remote 7.52.1 7.52.1

cURL is a tool and libcurl is a library for transferring data with URL syntax.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review the CVE identifiers and bug reports referenced for details.

Remote attackers could conduct a Man-in-the-Middle attack to obtain sensitive information, cause a Denial of Service condition, or execute arbitrary code.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/curl-7.52.1"

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