Ubuntu Security Notice 2399-1 - Symeon Paraschoudis discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when being used with CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS and curl_easy_duphandle(). This may result in sensitive data being incorrectly sent to the remote server.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2399-1
November 10, 2014
curl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
curl could expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description:
- curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details:
Symeon Paraschoudis discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when
being used with CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS and curl_easy_duphandle(). This may
result in sensitive data being incorrectly sent to the remote server.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libcurl3 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.1
libcurl3-gnutls 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.1
libcurl3-nss 7.37.1-1ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2
libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2
libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.11
libcurl3-gnutls 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.11
libcurl3-nss 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.11
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.10
libcurl3-gnutls 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.10
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2399-1
CVE-2014-3707
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.37.1-1ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.22.0-3ubuntu4.11
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.19.7-1ubuntu1.10