Source: curl Version: 7.38.0-4 Severity: important Tags: security patch upstream fixed-upstream
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for curl. CVE-2017-7407[0]: | The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl 7.53.1 might allow | 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 leads to a heap-based buffer over-read. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7407 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7407 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
