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Ubuntu 16.04/14.04: USN-5079-4 Critical Curl Regression Alert

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Calendar Grey September 21, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5080-5 tackles a newly identified vulnerability in OpenSSL affecting Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 LTS systems.
USN-5079-2 introduced a regression in curl.

Summary

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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+esm2 libcurl3 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm2 libcurl3-gnutls 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm2 libcurl3-nss 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm2 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9 libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9 libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9 libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5079-4

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

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/+bug/1944120

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September 21, 2021

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