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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2474-1
January 15, 2015
curl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
curl could be tricked into adding arbitrary requests when following certain
URLs.
Software Description:
– curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details:
Andrey Labunets discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain URLs when
using a proxy server. If a user or automated system were tricked into using
a specially crafted URL, an attacker could possibly use this issue to
inject arbitrary HTTP requests.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libcurl3 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.2
libcurl3-gnutls 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.2
libcurl3-nss 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.3
libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.3
libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.12
libcurl3-gnutls 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.12
libcurl3-nss 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.12
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.11
libcurl3-gnutls 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.11
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2474-1
CVE-2014-8150
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.37.1-1ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.35.0-1ubuntu2.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.22.0-3ubuntu4.12
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.19.7-1ubuntu1.11
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