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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2346-2 Moderate: Complicated Libcurl Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2014
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Multiple vulnerabilities in curl fixed by Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2346-1. Essential updates safeguard system integrity.
Several security issues were fixed in curl.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in curl.

Software Description:

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

Details:

Tim Ruehsen discovered that curl incorrectly handled partial literal IP

addresses. This could lead to the disclosure of cookies to the wrong site,

and malicious sites being able to set cookies for others. (CVE-2014-3613)

Tim Ruehsen discovered that curl incorrectly allowed cookies to be set

for Top Level Domains (TLDs). This could allow a malicious site to set a

cookie that gets sent to other sites. (CVE-2014-3620)

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1
  libcurl3-nss                    7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10
  libcurl3-nss                    7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.19.7-1ubuntu1.9
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.9

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2346-1

CVE-2014-3613, CVE-2014-3620

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September 15, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate severity software fix system update curl cookie issue

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.19.7-1ubuntu1.9

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