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SUSE-SU-2017:1043-1 Not scored

Security update for curl

This update for curl fixes the following issues: These security issues were 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).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published April 18, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY curl-openssl1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 curl
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 curl

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:1043-1

This update for curl fixes the following issues: These security issues were 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).

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence