[Cucumber-linux-security] curl (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for curl for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Sat Nov 3 11:30:19 EDT 2018
net-base/curl upgraded from 7.61.1 to 7.62.0 to fix three security
	vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-16839 (a buffer overrun resulting in a denial
	of service), CVE-2018-16840 (a heap based use after free) and 
	CVE-2018-16842 (an out of bounds read that may result in information
	disclosure). For more information see:
		https://curl.haxx.se/changes.html#7_62_0
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=594
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16839
		https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16839.html
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=595
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16840
		https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16840.html
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=596
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16842
		https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
multilib/net-base/curl-lib_i686 upgraded from 7.61.1 to 7.62.0 (x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-594 [CVE-2018-16839]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=594)
  * CLD-595 [CVE-2018-16840]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=595)
  * CLD-596 [CVE-2018-16842]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=596)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure curl is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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