2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

M gnu/packages/curl.scm
M gnu/packages/ssh.scm

@@ 54,7 54,16 @@
    (inputs `(("gnutls" ,gnutls)
              ("gss" ,gss)
              ("libidn" ,libidn)
-             ("libssh2" ,libssh2)
+
+             ;; XXX libssh2-1.4 is a temporary package for use only by curl,
+             ;; to allow most users of libssh2 to get the security update for
+             ;; CVE-2016-7087 while postponing the large number of rebuilds
+             ;; entailed by updating curl.  Soon, curl should be updated to
+             ;; use the latest libssh2 and libssh2-1.4 should be removed.
+
+             ;; XXX libssh2-1.4 is vulnerable to CVE-2016-0787.
+             ("libssh2" ,libssh2-1.4)
+
              ("openldap" ,openldap)
              ("zlib" ,zlib)))
    (native-inputs

@@ 2,6 2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;


@@ 85,14 86,15 @@ remote applications.")
 (define-public libssh2
   (package
    (name "libssh2")
-   (version "1.4.3")
+   (version "1.7.0")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
-                   "http://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-"
+                   "https://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-"
                    version ".tar.gz"))
-            (sha256 (base32
-                     "0vdr478dbhbdgnniqmirawjb7mrcxckn4slhhrijxnzrkmgziipa"))))
+            (sha256
+             (base32
+              "116mh112w48vv9k3f15ggp5kxw5sj4b88dzb5j69llsh7ba1ymp4"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    ;; The installed libssh2.pc file does not include paths to libgcrypt and
    ;; zlib libraries, so we need to propagate the inputs.


@@ 108,6 110,24 @@ a server that supports the SSH-2 protocol.")
    (license license:bsd-3)
    (home-page "http://www.libssh2.org/")))
 
+;;; XXX This is a temporary package for use only by curl, to allow most users
+;;; of libssh2 to get the security update sooner while postponing the large
+;;; number of rebuilds entailed by updating curl.
+;;;
+;;; XXX This package is vulnerable to CVE-2016-7087.
+;;;
+;;; https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-0787
+(define-public libssh2-1.4
+  (package (inherit libssh2)
+    (version "1.4.3")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "https://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-"
+                                 version ".tar.gz"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+                "0vdr478dbhbdgnniqmirawjb7mrcxckn4slhhrijxnzrkmgziipa"))))))
+
 (define-public openssh
   (package
    (name "openssh")