USN-6429-2: curl vulnerability

Packages

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

Details

USN-6429-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled cookies when an application
duplicated certain handles. A local attacker could possibly create a cookie
file and inject arbitrary cookies into subsequent connections.
(CVE-2023-38546)

USN-6429-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled cookies when an application
duplicated certain handles. A local attacker could possibly create a cookie
file and inject arbitrary cookies into subsequent connections.
(CVE-2023-38546)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
18.04 bionic	curl – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2
	libcurl3-gnutls – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2
	libcurl3-nss – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2
	libcurl4 – 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2
16.04 xenial	curl – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm10
	libcurl3 – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm10
	libcurl3-gnutls – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm10
	libcurl3-nss – 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm10
14.04 trusty	curl – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17
	libcurl3 – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17
	libcurl3-gnutls – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17
	libcurl3-nss – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17

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References

CVE-2023-38546

CVE-2023-38546

Packages

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