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Ubuntu 21.04 and LTS: 5079-1 Critical Curl DoS and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu has released updates fixing several critical vulnerabilities in curl. It's crucial to upgrade immediately to protect against remote attacks and prevent service outages
Several security issues were fixed in curl.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu curl TLS issue

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: curl 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3 libcurl3-gnutls 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3 libcurl3-nss 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3 libcurl4 7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7 libcurl3-gnutls 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7 libcurl3-nss 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7 libcurl4 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15 libcurl3-gnutls 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15 libcurl3-nss 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15 libcurl4 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5079-1

CVE-2021-22945, CVE-2021-22946, CVE-2021-22947

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September 15, 2021

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security advisory denial of service critical code execution Ubuntu curl TLS issue

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.74.0-1ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15

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