USN-3498-2: curl vulnerability
4 December 2017
curl could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
USN-3498-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP wildcard matching. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-8817)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
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libcurl3-nss
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7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19
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curl
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7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19
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libcurl3
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7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3498-1: curl-udeb, libcurl3-gnutls, libcurl4-nss-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcurl3-nss, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, curl, libcurl3-udeb, libcurl4-doc, libcurl3