USN-4466-2: curl vulnerability
Publication date
20 August 2020
Overview
curl could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
USN-4466-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Marc Aldorasi discovered that curl incorrectly handled the libcurl
CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option. This could result in data being sent to the
wrong destination, possibly exposing sensitive information.
USN-4466-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Marc Aldorasi discovered that curl incorrectly handled the libcurl
CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option. This could result in data being sent to the
wrong destination, possibly exposing sensitive information.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.04 trusty | libcurl3-gnutls – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm5 | ||
| libcurl3-nss – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm5 | |||
| curl – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm5 | |||
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