Ubuntu 6944-2: curl Security Advisory Updates
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 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: USN-6944-1 fixed CVE-2024-7264 for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory 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 18.04 LTS curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3-gnutls 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3-nss 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl4 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3-gnutls 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3-nss 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm13 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm18 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm18 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm18 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm18 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6944-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6944-1
CVE-2024-7264
Package Information
