Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2016-652
Advisory Release Date: 2016-02-09 13:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2016-02-09 13:30 Pacific
The ConnectionExists function in lib/url.c in libcurl before 7.47.0 does not properly re-use NTLM-authenticated proxy connections, which might allow remote attackers to authenticate as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015. (CVE-2016-0755)
Affected Packages:
curl
Issue Correction:
Run yum update curl to update your system.
i686:
libcurl-devel-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.i686
curl-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.i686
curl-debuginfo-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.i686
libcurl-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.i686
src:
curl-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.src
x86_64:
libcurl-devel-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.x86_64
libcurl-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.x86_64
curl-debuginfo-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.x86_64
curl-7.40.0-8.54.amzn1.x86_64