Debian Security Advisory DSA 1869-1 (curl)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to curl announced via advisory DSA 1869-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201869-1
Insight
It was discovered that curl, a client and library to get files from servers using HTTP, HTTPS or FTP, is vulnerable to the Null Prefix Attacks Against SSL/TLS Certificates recently published at the Blackhat conference. This allows an attacker to perform undetected man-in-the-middle attacks via a crafted ITU-T X.509 certificate with an injected null byte in the Common Name field. For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 7.15.5-1etch3. For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 7.18.2-8lenny3. For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distribution, this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.