1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2097-1

USN-2097-1: curl vulnerability

Publication date

3 February 2014

Overview

libcurl could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

Paras Sethia and Yehezkel Horowitz discovered that libcurl incorrectly
reused connections when NTLM authentication was being used. This could lead
to the use of unintended credentials, possibly exposing sensitive
information.

Paras Sethia and Yehezkel Horowitz discovered that libcurl incorrectly
reused connections when NTLM authentication was being used. This could lead
to the use of unintended credentials, possibly exposing sensitive
information.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.10 saucy libcurl3-nss –  7.32.0-1ubuntu1.3
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.32.0-1ubuntu1.3
libcurl3 –  7.32.0-1ubuntu1.3
12.10 quantal libcurl3-nss –  7.27.0-1ubuntu1.8
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.27.0-1ubuntu1.8
libcurl3 –  7.27.0-1ubuntu1.8
12.04 precise libcurl3-nss –  7.22.0-3ubuntu4.7
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.22.0-3ubuntu4.7
libcurl3 –  7.22.0-3ubuntu4.7
10.04 lucid libcurl3-gnutls –  7.19.7-1ubuntu1.6
libcurl3 –  7.19.7-1ubuntu1.6

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