USN-2399-1: curl vulnerability
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
11/10/2014
07/25/2018
11/13/2014
07/09/2020
Description
The curl_easy_duphandle function in libcurl 7.17.1 through 7.38.0, when running with the CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS option, does not properly copy HTTP POST data for an easy handle, which triggers an out-of-bounds read that allows remote web servers to read sensitive memory information.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3
- ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-gnutls
- ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-nss
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