Bug#696681: falconpl: possible security issue due to misuse of the libcurl API

2012-12-25 Thread Vasudev Kamath
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Kartik Mistry wrote: > This is done already: > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/falconpl/Vnnv0yb-_Bg/Vkl5RFHEk8QJ > (and related discussions on IRC at #falconpl, Freenode) Just a note patch is already merged into upstream [1] [1] http://git.fal

Bug#696681: falconpl: possible security issue due to misuse of the libcurl API

2012-12-25 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Alessandro Ghedini wrote: > After discussing this with the security team, it was decided that it would be > best if this was fixed before the Wheezy release. > > Note that this should be fixed anyway, since as of curl v7.28.1 (which has > been > uploaded to exper

Bug#696681: falconpl: possible security issue due to misuse of the libcurl API

2012-12-25 Thread Alessandro Ghedini
Package: falconpl Severity: serious Tags: security Hi, I recently discovered that falconpl is using the libcurl API in a way that may not be what the original author intended. In particular I'm referring to the fact that the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST option is treated as it was a boolean value while