MGASA-2015-0440

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    MGASA-2015-0440

    Published: 10 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated python-curl packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in Curl object's HTTPPOST setopt when a Unicode value is passed as a value with a FORM_BUFFERPTR. The str object created from the passed in unicode object would have its buffer used but the unicode object would be stored instead of the str object (rhbz#1277488).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0440.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17077, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/4, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170967.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-curl

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-curl?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.19.5-4.1.mga5

    Affected versions

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