USN-3598-1: curl vulnerabilities
15 March 2018
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
Phan Thanh discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP paths. An
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000120)
Dario Weisser discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain LDAP URLs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-1000121)
Max Dymond discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain RTSP data. An
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or even to
get access to sensitive data. (CVE-2018-1000122)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
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curl
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7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
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libcurl3
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7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
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libcurl3-nss
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7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu 16.04
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curl
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
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libcurl3
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
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libcurl3-nss
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
Ubuntu 14.04
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curl
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7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
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libcurl3
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7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
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libcurl3-nss
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7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.