USN-3805-1: curl vulnerabilities
curl vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- 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
Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled SASL authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16839)
Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when closing certain handles. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16840)
Brian Carpenter discovered that the curl command-line tool incorrectly handled error messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-16842)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- curl - 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.2
- libcurl3-gnutls - 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.2
- libcurl3-nss - 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.2
- libcurl4 - 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- curl - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5
- libcurl3-gnutls - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5
- libcurl3-nss - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5
- libcurl4 - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- curl - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11
- libcurl3 - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11
- libcurl3-gnutls - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11
- libcurl3-nss - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- curl - 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19
- libcurl3 - 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19
- libcurl3-gnutls - 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19
- libcurl3-nss - 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19
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
from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2CSrX7S