USN-3598-1: curl vulnerabilities
curl vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Software Description
- curl – HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
Phan Thanh discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP paths. An
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000120)
Dario Weisser discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain LDAP URLs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-1000121)
Max Dymond discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain RTSP data. An
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or even to
get access to sensitive data. (CVE-2018-1000122)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- curl – 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
- libcurl3 – 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
- libcurl3-gnutls – 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
- libcurl3-nss – 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.4
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- curl – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
- libcurl3 – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
- libcurl3-gnutls – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
- libcurl3-nss – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- curl – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
- libcurl3 – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
- libcurl3-gnutls – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
- libcurl3-nss – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
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-3598-1: curl vulnerabilities
