[USN-3765-1] curl vulnerability

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3765-1
September 17, 2018

curl vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

curl could be made to run arbitrary code if it received a specially
crafted input.

Software Description:
- curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries

Details:

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  curl                            7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3
  libcurl3-nss                    7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3
  libcurl4                        7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  curl                            7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9
  libcurl3                        7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9
  libcurl3-nss                    7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  curl                            7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17
  libcurl3                        7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17
  libcurl3-gnutls                 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17
  libcurl3-nss                    7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3765-1
  CVE-2018-14618

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17
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