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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5021-2 Moderate: Curl Info Exposure

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical curl vulnerability on Ubuntu may lead to unauthorized access to sensitive info. Users should update to secure their systems promptly
curl could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

curl could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a

specially crafted input.

Software Description:

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

Details:

USN-5021-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides

the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Harry Sintonen and Tomas Hoger discovered that curl incorrectly handled

TELNET connections when the -t option was used on the command line.

Uninitialized data possibly containing sensitive information could be sent

to the remote server, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2021-22898,

CVE-2021-22925)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update information exposure ubuntu curl client library

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm3
libcurl3 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm3
libcurl3-gnutls 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm3
libcurl3-nss 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm3

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

References

CVE-2021-22898, CVE-2021-22925

January 20, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update information exposure ubuntu curl client library

Package Information

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