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Ubuntu: USN-3123-1 (CVE-2016-8621): curl vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3123-1 (CVE-2016-8621): curl vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/03/2016
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

The `curl_getdate` function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.

Solution(s)

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

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