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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-3441-2 Critical Curl Denial Of Service Issues

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Several security issues were fixed in curl.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3441-2
October 23, 2017

curl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in curl.

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

Details:

USN-3441-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in curl. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 Daniel Stenberg discovered that curl incorrectly handled large
 floating point output. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
 curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
 arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9586)

 Even Rouault discovered that curl incorrectly handled large file names
 when doing TFTP transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to
 cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
 obtain sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2017-1000100)

 Brian Carpenter and Yongji Ouyang discovered that curl incorrectly
 handled numerical range globbing. A remote attacker could use this
 issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
 possibly obtain sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2017-1000101)

 Max Dymond discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP PWD responses.
 A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash,
 resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-1000254)

 Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled IMAP FETCH
 response lines. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl
 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
 arbitrary code.(CVE-2017-1000257)

 Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled the --write- out command line option. A local attacker could possibly use this
 issue to obtain sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2017-7407)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  curl                            7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18
  libcurl3                        7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18
  libcurl3-nss                    7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3441-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3441-1
  CVE-2016-9586, CVE-2017-1000100, CVE-2017-1000254, CVE-2017-1000257,
  CVE-2017-7407

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-3441-2 Critical Curl Denial Of Service Issues

ubuntu
Calendar Grey October 23, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Update addressing multiple curl security flaws in Ubuntu 12.04 ESM released on October 23, 2017. Explore the vulnerabilities and their corresponding fixes.
Several security issues were fixed in curl.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:   curl                            7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18   libcurl3                        7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18   libcurl3-gnutls                 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18   libcurl3-nss                    7.22.0-3ubuntu4.18 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3441-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3441-1

  CVE-2016-9586, CVE-2017-1000100, CVE-2017-1000254, CVE-2017-1000257,

  CVE-2017-7407

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October 23, 2017

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