USN-3554-2: curl vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3554-2
31st January, 2018
curl vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
curl could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software description
- curl
– HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
USN-3554-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that curl could accidentally leak authentication data.
An attacker could possibly use this to get access to sensitive information.
(CVE-2018-1000007)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
libcurl3-nss
7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20
-
curl
7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20
-
libcurl3-gnutls
7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20
-
libcurl3
7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20
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-3554-2: curl vulnerability
