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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6363-1 Critical Curl Resource Consumption DoS

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Advisory DSA-5260-1 details a wget weakness that could lead to denial of service due to malformed data.
curl could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.04 Summary: curl could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain large headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu curl resource exhaustion

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: curl 7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2 libcurl3-gnutls 7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2 libcurl3-nss 7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2 libcurl4 7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6363-1

CVE-2023-38039

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6363-1

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu curl resource exhaustion

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.88.1-8ubuntu2.2

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