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Ubuntu: USN-3123-1 (CVE-2016-8623): curl vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3123-1 (CVE-2016-8623): 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
03/02/2020

Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.

Solution(s)

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

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