1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6944-1

USN-6944-1: curl vulnerability

Publication date

5 August 2024

Overview

curl could be made to crash or expose information if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

Dov Murik discovered that curl incorrectly handled parsing ASN.1
Generalized Time fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain
sensitive memory contents.

Dov Murik discovered that curl incorrectly handled parsing ASN.1
Generalized Time fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain
sensitive memory contents.

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
24.04 noble curl –  8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2
libcurl3t64-gnutls –  8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2
libcurl4t64 –  8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2
22.04 jammy curl –  7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
libcurl3-nss –  7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
libcurl4 –  7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
20.04 focal curl –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23
libcurl3-nss –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23
libcurl4 –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23

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