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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-8625) ELSA-2019-4652: curl security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-8625) ELSA-2019-4652: curl security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/02/2016
Created
05/24/2019
Added
05/22/2019
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-curl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcurl
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libcurl-devel

References

  • ELSA-2019-4652
  • CVE-2016-8625

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