{"id":"MGASA-2015-0263","summary":"Updated curl package fixes security vulnerability","details":"libcurl can wrongly send HTTP credentials when re-using connections. Even\nif the handle for an HTTP connection is reset, it retains the credentials,\nwhich can cause them to be unintentionally leaked in subsequent requests\n(CVE-2015-3236).\n\nlibcurl can get tricked by a malicious SMB server to send off data it did\nnot intend to. A malicious SMB server can use this to access arbitrary\nprocess memory, or to crash the client, causing a denial of service\n(CVE-2015-3237).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:45.911162756Z","published":"2015-07-05T17:22:03Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-3236","CVE-2015-3237"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0263.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16140"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617A.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617B.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"curl","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/curl?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.40.0-3.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0263.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}