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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4129-2 Critical Curl Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical vulnerability in the curl library for Ubuntu ESM has been found, requiring swift action to address memory handling issues and secure systems
curl could be made to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if it incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu arbitrary code curl memory handling TFTP

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: curl 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.27 libcurl3 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.27 libcurl3-gnutls 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.27 libcurl3-nss 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.27 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4129-1

CVE-2019-5482

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September 12, 2019

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu arbitrary code curl memory handling TFTP

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