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

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Calendar Grey November 18, 2024
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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

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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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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