USN-5079-2: curl vulnerabilities
15 September 2021
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
USN-5079-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
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 16.04
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curl
-
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libcurl3
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libcurl3-gnutls
-
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libcurl3-nss
-
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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curl
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7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm8
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libcurl3
-
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm8
Available with Ubuntu Pro
-
libcurl3-gnutls
-
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm8
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libcurl3-nss
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7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm8
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5079-1: curl, libcurl3-gnutls, libcurl3-nss, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcurl4-nss-dev, libcurl4, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libcurl4-doc