USN-4903-1: curl vulnerability
Publication date
7 April 2021
Overview
curl could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
Viktor Szakats discovered that curl did not strip off user credentials
from referrer header fields. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to obtain sensitive information.
Viktor Szakats discovered that curl did not strip off user credentials
from referrer header fields. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to obtain sensitive information.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | libcurl3-gnutls – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm7 | ||
| libcurl3-nss – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm7 | |||
| libcurl3 – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm7 | |||
| curl – 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm7 | |||
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