USN-4129-1: curl vulnerabilities
11 September 2019
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when using
Kerberos over FTP. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-5481)
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP
transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5482)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
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curl
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7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
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libcurl3-nss
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7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
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libcurl4
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7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.04
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curl
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7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
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libcurl3-nss
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7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
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libcurl4
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7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
Ubuntu 16.04
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curl
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
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libcurl3
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
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libcurl3-gnutls
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
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libcurl3-nss
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7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4129-2: libcurl4-doc, libcurl3-gnutls, libcurl3-udeb, libcurl4-nss-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libcurl3, libcurl4-openssl-dev, curl, libcurl3-nss, curl-udeb