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[USN-2346-1] curl vulnerabilities

Posted on 15 September 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2346-1
September 15, 2014

curl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in curl.

Software Description:
- curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries

Details:

Tim Ruehsen discovered that curl incorrectly handled partial literal IP
addresses. This could lead to the disclosure of cookies to the wrong site=
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and malicious sites being able to set cookies for others. (CVE-2014-3613)=


Tim Ruehsen discovered that curl incorrectly allowed cookies to be set
for Top Level Domains (TLDs). This could allow a malicious site to set a
cookie that gets sent to other sites. (CVE-2014-3620)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1
libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1
libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10
libcurl3-gnutls 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10
libcurl3-nss 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libcurl3 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.9
libcurl3-gnutls 7.19.7-1ubuntu1.9

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2346-1
CVE-2014-3613, CVE-2014-3620

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.22.0-3ubuntu4.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.19.7-1ubuntu1.9

 

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