USN-6363-1: curl vulnerability
13 September 2023
curl could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain large headers. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
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curl
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7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2
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libcurl3-nss
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7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2
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libcurl4
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7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.