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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6944-1
August 05, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

curl could be made to crash or expose information if it received specially
crafted network traffic.

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

Details:

Dov Murik discovered that curl incorrectly handled parsing ASN.1
Generalized Time fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain
sensitive memory contents.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   curl                            8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2
   libcurl3t64-gnutls              8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2
   libcurl4t64                     8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   curl                            7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
   libcurl3-gnutls                 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
   libcurl3-nss                    7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
   libcurl4                        7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   curl                            7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23
   libcurl3-gnutls                 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23
   libcurl3-nss                    7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23
   libcurl4                        7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6944-1
   CVE-2024-7264

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23

Ubuntu 6944-1: curl Security Advisory Updates

August 5, 2024
curl could be made to crash or expose information if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: curl could be made to crash or expose information if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: Dov Murik discovered that curl incorrectly handled parsing ASN.1 Generalized Time fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive memory contents.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS curl 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2 libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2 libcurl4t64 8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17 libcurl3-gnutls 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17 libcurl3-nss 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17 libcurl4 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23 libcurl3-gnutls 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23 libcurl3-nss 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23 libcurl4 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6944-1

CVE-2024-7264

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6944-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/8.5.0-2ubuntu10.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.81.0-1ubuntu1.17 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.68.0-1ubuntu2.23

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