Re: [PATCH 0/1] curl: Fix CVE-2016-3739.

[ng0]

On 2016-06-12(10:51:14+0200), Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > If your SSL / TLS provider is mbedTLS (formerly PolarSSL), there is a
> > bug in curl [CVE-2016-3739] that allows an attacker to bypass the full
> > certificate check by presenting any valid certificate.
> >
> > So, you might think are connecting to https://example.com, when in fact
> > the attacker has a certificate for any other domain.
> >
> > We don't package mbedTLS, but I still think we should provide the fixed
> > source code.
>
> OTOH this will incur additional grafting for no reason, WDYT?
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>

fyi,

mbedtls is on my list of packages to do, as the webserver hiawatha
depends on it.

Should I announce once it is packaged and the cve fix can be applied
afterwards?

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