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SUSE-SU-2017:1042-1 Not scored

Security update for curl

This update for curl fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2016-9586: libcurl printf floating point buffer overflow (bsc#1015332) - CVE-2017-7407: The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl might have allowed physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading a workstation screen during use of a --write-out argument ending in a '%' character, which lead to a heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1032309). With this release new default ciphers are active (SUSE_DEFAULT, bsc#1027712).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 18, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change May 2, 2025

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 curl

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:1042-1

This update for curl fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2016-9586: libcurl printf floating point buffer overflow (bsc#1015332) - CVE-2017-7407: The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl might have allowed physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading a workstation screen during use of a --write-out argument ending in a '%' character, which lead to a heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1032309). With this release new default ciphers are active (SUSE_DEFAULT, bsc#1027712).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence