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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-5495-1 Critical: Curl Denial Of Service

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Several security issues were fixed in curl.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5495-1
June 27, 2022

curl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in curl.

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

Details:

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain cookies.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32205)

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain HTTP compressions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-32206)

Harry Sintonen incorrectly handled certain file permissions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32207)

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP-KRB messages.
An attacker could possibly use this to perform a machine-in-the-diddle attack.
(CVE-2022-32208)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  curl                            7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3
  libcurl3-nss                    7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3
  libcurl4                        7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 21.10:
  curl                            7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3
  libcurl3-nss                    7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3
  libcurl4                        7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  curl                            7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12
  libcurl3-nss                    7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12
  libcurl4                        7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  curl                            7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19
  libcurl3-nss                    7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19
  libcurl4                        7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5495-1
  CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CVE-2022-32208

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-5495-1 Critical: Curl Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey June 27, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential enhancements for curl targeting various security vulnerabilities in all active Ubuntu LTS editions.
Several security issues were fixed in curl.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3 libcurl3-gnutls 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3 libcurl3-nss 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3 libcurl4 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 21.10: curl 7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3 libcurl3-gnutls 7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3 libcurl3-nss 7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3 libcurl4 7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12 libcurl3-gnutls 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12 libcurl3-nss 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12 libcurl4 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19 libcurl3-gnutls 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19 libcurl3-nss 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19 libcurl4 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5495-1

CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CVE-2022-32208

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June 27, 2022

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.81.0-1ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.68.0-1ubuntu2.12 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.58.0-2ubuntu3.19

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