Ubuntu 14.10: USN-2399-1 Security Advisory for Curl Data Vulnerability

ubuntu

November 10, 2014

curl could expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

curl could expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

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

Details:

Symeon Paraschoudis discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when

being used with CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS and curl_easy_duphandle(). This may

result in sensitive data being incorrectly sent to the remote server.

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu moderate severity data exposure network threat curl libcurl

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
  libcurl3                        7.37.1-1ubuntu3.1
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.1
  libcurl3-nss                    7.37.1-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2
  libcurl3-nss                    7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.22.0-3ubuntu4.11
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.11
  libcurl3-nss                    7.22.0-3ubuntu4.11

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libcurl3                        7.19.7-1ubuntu1.10
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.10

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