Issued:
2011-08-19
Updated:
2011-08-19

RHBA-2011:1188 - curl bug fix update

Synopsis

curl bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated curl package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The curl package provides the libcurl library and the cURL command line tool for transferring data using various protocols, including FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet, and DICT. Both, libcurl and cURL, support many useful capabilities, such as user authentication, proxy support, FTP uploading, HTTP POST and PUT methods, SSL certificates, and file transfer resume.

This updated curl package fixes the following bug:

  • As a solution to a security issue, GSSAPI credential delegation was disabled, which broke the functionality of the applications that were relying on delegation, which was incorrectly enabled by libcurl. To fix this issue, the CURLOPT_GSSAPI_DELEGATION libcurl option has been introduced in order to enable delegation explicitly when applications need it. All applications using GSSAPI credential delegation can now use this new libcurl option to be able to run properly. (BZ#727884)

All users of cURL and libcurl are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue. All running applications using libcurl have to be restarted for the update to take an effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • curl-devel-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.s390.rpm
  • curl-devel-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.ppc64.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
  • curl-devel-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.s390.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.src.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.ppc64.rpm
  • curl-devel-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
  • curl-devel-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm
  • curl-devel-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
  • curl-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
  • curl-devel-7.15.5-9.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information