USN-2882-1: curl vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2882-1

27th January, 2016

curl vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 15.10
  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

curl would incorrectly re-use credentials.

Software description

  • curl
    – HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries

Details

Isaac Boukris discovered that curl could incorrectly re-use NTLM proxy
credentials when subsequently connecting to the same host.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
libcurl3-nss

7.43.0-1ubuntu2.1
libcurl3-gnutls

7.43.0-1ubuntu2.1
libcurl3

7.43.0-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 15.04:
libcurl3-nss

7.38.0-3ubuntu2.3
libcurl3-gnutls

7.38.0-3ubuntu2.3
libcurl3

7.38.0-3ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libcurl3-nss

7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6
libcurl3-gnutls

7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6
libcurl3

7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libcurl3-nss

7.22.0-3ubuntu4.15
libcurl3-gnutls

7.22.0-3ubuntu4.15
libcurl3

7.22.0-3ubuntu4.15

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

CVE-2016-0755

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