curl vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Software Description
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when using Kerberos over FTP. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-5481)
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5482)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
curl - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
libcurl3-gnutls - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
libcurl3-nss - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
libcurl4 - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
curl - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
libcurl3-gnutls - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
libcurl3-nss - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
libcurl4 - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
curl - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
libcurl3 - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
libcurl3-gnutls - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
libcurl3-nss - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
Software Description
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when using Kerberos over FTP. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-5481)
Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5482)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
curl - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
libcurl3-gnutls - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
libcurl3-nss - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
libcurl4 - 7.64.0-2ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
curl - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
libcurl3-gnutls - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
libcurl3-nss - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
libcurl4 - 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.8
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
curl - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
libcurl3 - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
libcurl3-gnutls - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
libcurl3-nss - 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...

