Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 510
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 510

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3805-2 Moderate: Curl Remote Info Leak Advisory

ubuntu
Calendar Grey November 1, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3805-2 November 01, 2018 curl vulnerability A security issue affects thes
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:

USN-3805-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 Brian Carpenter discovered that the curl command-line tool incorrectly

 handled error messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this

 issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-16842)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity ubuntu curl remote information leak

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  curl                            7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24
  libcurl3                        7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24
  libcurl3-nss                    7.22.0-3ubuntu4.24

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

References

 

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3805-1

  CVE-2018-16842

November 01, 2018

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity ubuntu curl remote information leak

Package Information

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.