A curl security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.2 to address one vulnerability in curl.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:1494-1: moderate: Security update for curl

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for curl
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1494-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1175109
Cross-References: CVE-2020-8231
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for curl fixes the following issues:

- An application that performs multiple requests with libcurl's multi API
and sets the 'CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY' option, might in rare circumstances
experience that when subsequently using the setup connect-only transfer,
libcurl will pick and use the wrong connection and instead pick another
one the application has created since then. [bsc#1175109, CVE-2020-8231]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1494=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

curl-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
curl-debuginfo-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
curl-debugsource-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
curl-mini-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
curl-mini-debuginfo-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
curl-mini-debugsource-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl-devel-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl-mini-devel-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl4-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl4-debuginfo-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl4-mini-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl4-mini-debuginfo-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libcurl-devel-32bit-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl4-32bit-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1
libcurl4-32bit-debuginfo-7.66.0-lp152.3.9.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8231.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1175109