USN-4129-1: curl vulnerabilities
curl vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Software Description
- curl – HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when using
Kerberos over FTP. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-5481)
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP
transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5482)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- curl – 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
- libcurl3-gnutls – 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
- libcurl3-nss – 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
- libcurl4 – 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- curl – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
- libcurl3-gnutls – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
- libcurl3-nss – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
- libcurl4 – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- curl – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
- libcurl3 – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
- libcurl3-gnutls – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
- libcurl3-nss – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
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-4129-1: curl vulnerabilities
