[rock-user] [Security Announcement] curl (RLSA-20060322-03)

This is a ROCK Linux Security Announcement.

Package: curl
Announcement ID: RLSA-20060322-03
Date: 2006-03-22
Affected Distributions: Crystal, LiveCD
Affected Releases: Crystal ROCK CLT
Cross References: GLSA 200603-19
Fixed at trunk revision: 7263

Content of this advisory:
1) Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special instructions and notes
4) Updateing your source tree
5) Source package update
6) Binary package update

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1) Problem Description
libcurl is affected by a buffer overflow in the handling of URLs for
the TFTP protocol, which could be exploited to compromise a user's
system.
Please read http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428339/30/0/threaded
for details

2) Solution or Workaround
There is no known Work-Around. Please update this package to version 7.15.3

3) Special instruction and notes
none

4) Updateing your source tree
If you are using a subversion checkout of trunk, run:
 svn up

If you are using submaster run,
 sm sync
to merge the update from trunk into your tree

5) Source package update
As a user of an affected distribution you can update this package by
rebuilding it on your machine
run
 rocket updsrc
to update your local sources and
 rocket emerge curl
to install the updated package

6) Binary package update
there are no new binary packages available for this package yet.