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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7104-1 critical: curl information exposure issue

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Calendar Grey November 18, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-7105-1 regarding a curl flaw that could leak confidential data during transmission; prompt action advised.
curl could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: curl could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: It was discovered that curl could overwrite the HSTS expiry of the parent domain with the subdomain's HSTS entry. This could lead to curl switching back to insecure HTTP earlier than otherwise intended, resulting in information exposure.

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Topics Covered

security advisory information exposure ubuntu network threat curl curl update

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10   curl                            8.9.1-2ubuntu2.1   libcurl3t64-gnutls              8.9.1-2ubuntu2.1   libcurl4t64                     8.9.1-2ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   curl                            8.5.0-2ubuntu10.5   libcurl3t64-gnutls              8.5.0-2ubuntu10.5   libcurl4t64                     8.5.0-2ubuntu10.5 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   curl                            7.81.0-1ubuntu1.19   libcurl3-gnutls                 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.19   libcurl3-nss                    7.81.0-1ubuntu1.19   libcurl4                        7.81.0-1ubuntu1.19 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7104-1

  CVE-2024-9681

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7104-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory information exposure ubuntu network threat curl curl update

Package Information

    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/8.5.0-2ubuntu10.5  

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