USN-3262-1: curl vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3262-1
20th April, 2017
curl vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
Summary
Applications using curl could allow unintended access over the network.
Software description
- curl
– HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled client certificates when
resuming a TLS session. A remote attacker could use this to hijack a
previously authenticated connection.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
libcurl3-nss
7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1
-
curl
7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1
-
libcurl3-gnutls
7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1
-
libcurl3
7.52.1-4ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3262-1: curl vulnerability
