USN-3554-2: curl vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3554-2

31st January, 2018

curl vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

curl could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software description

• curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries

Details

USN-3554-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that curl could accidentally leak authentication data.
An attacker could possibly use this to get access to sensitive information.
(CVE-2018-1000007)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libcurl3-nss 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20

curl 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20

libcurl3-gnutls 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20

libcurl3 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.20

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

CVE-2018-1000007

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2DTGqON