[curl] printf floating point buffer overflow security issue (CVE-2016-9586)

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Opened by Filip Frackiewicz (notreallyhere) - Friday, 23 December 2016, 00:05 GMT
Last edited by Levente Polyak (anthraxx) - Friday, 13 January 2017, 12:40 GMT

Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Curl has issued a security advisory on a flaw found in curl-7.51: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221A.html

Patch to fix the issue is here: https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-9586.patch

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Closed by  Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Friday, 13 January 2017, 12:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  7.52.1-1

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