Ubuntu: 2097-1 Moderate Vulnerability in libcurl Authentication

ubuntu

February 3, 2014

libcurl could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

libcurl could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- 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.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate authentication information exposure ubuntu curl libcurl

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libcurl3                        7.32.0-1ubuntu1.3
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.32.0-1ubuntu1.3
  libcurl3-nss                    7.32.0-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libcurl3                        7.27.0-1ubuntu1.8
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.27.0-1ubuntu1.8
  libcurl3-nss                    7.27.0-1ubuntu1.8

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.22.0-3ubuntu4.7
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.7
  libcurl3-nss                    7.22.0-3ubuntu4.7

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.19.7-1ubuntu1.6
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.6

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