USN-3498-2: curl vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3498-2

4th December, 2017

curl vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

curl could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input.

Software description

curl
– HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries

Details

USN-3498-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP wildcard matching. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2017-8817)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:: libcurl3-nss

7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19; curl

7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19; libcurl3-gnutls

7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19; libcurl3

7.22.0-3ubuntu4.19

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

CVE-2017-8817

Source: USN-3498-2: curl vulnerability

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