USN-6429-3: curl vulnerabilities
17 October 2023
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
USN-6429-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.
Original advisory details:
Jay Satiro discovered that curl incorrectly handled hostnames when using a
SOCKS5 proxy. In environments where curl is configured to use a SOCKS5
proxy, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 23.04.
(CVE-2023-38545)
It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled cookies when an application
duplicated certain handles. A local attacker could possibly create a cookie
file and inject arbitrary cookies into subsequent connections.
(CVE-2023-38546)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.10
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curl
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8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
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libcurl3-gnutls
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8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
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libcurl3-nss
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8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
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libcurl4
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8.2.1-1ubuntu3.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6429-1: libcurl4-doc, libcurl3-gnutls, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcurl3-nss, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, curl, libcurl4-nss-dev, libcurl4
- USN-6429-2: libcurl4-doc, libcurl3-gnutls, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libcurl3, libcurl3-nss, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, curl, libcurl4-nss-dev, libcurl4