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Ubuntu: USN-3048-1 (CVE-2016-5421): curl vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3048-1 (CVE-2016-5421): curl vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/08/2016
Modified
06/25/2020

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-gnutls
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcurl3-nss

References

  • USN-3048-1
  • DSA-3638
  • CVE-2016-5421

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