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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3805-2
November 01, 2018
curl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Software Description:
– curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details:
USN-3805-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
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 12.04 ESM:
curl 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24
libcurl3 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24
libcurl3-gnutls 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24
libcurl3-nss 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3805-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3805-1
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