USN-5079-1: curl vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries

Details

It was discovered that curl incorrect handled memory when sending data to
an MQTT server. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2021-22945)

Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled upgrades to TLS.
When receiving certain responses from servers, curl would continue without
TLS even when the option to require a successful upgrade to TLS was
specified. (CVE-2021-22946)

Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled responses
received before STARTTLS. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to inject responses and intercept communications. (CVE-2021-22947)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 21.04

• libcurl3-gnutls - 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3
• libcurl3-nss - 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3
• libcurl4 - 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3
• curl - 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 20.04

• libcurl3-gnutls - 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7
• libcurl3-nss - 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7
• libcurl4 - 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7
• curl - 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7

Ubuntu 18.04

• libcurl3-gnutls - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15
• libcurl3-nss - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15
• libcurl4 - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15
• curl - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-22947
• CVE-2021-22945
• CVE-2021-22946

Related notices

• USN-5079-2