Scientific Linux Security Update : curl on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

David Kierznowski discovered a flaw in libcurl where it would not differentiate between different target URLs when handling automatic redirects. This caused libcurl to follow any new URL that it understood, including the 'file://' URL type. This could allow a remote server to force a local...

Debian DSA-1738-1 : curl - arbitrary file access

David Kierznowski discovered that libcurl, a multi-protocol file transfer library, when configured to follow URL redirects automatically, does not question the new target location. As libcurl also supports file:// and scp:// URLs - depending on the setup - an untrusted server could use that to...