1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3554-2

USN-3554-2: curl vulnerability

Publication date

1 February 2018

Overview

curl could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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

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
12.04 precise 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

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