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Ubuntu alert USN-1346-1 (curl)
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1346-1 January 24, 2012 curl vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.10 - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 Summary: curl could be tricked into injecting arbitrary data if it handled a malicious URL. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: Dan Fandrich discovered that curl incorrectly handled URLs containing embedded or percent-encoded control characters. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted URL, arbitrary data could be injected. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: libcurl3 7.21.6-3ubuntu3.2 libcurl3-gnutls 7.21.6-3ubuntu3.2 libcurl3-nss 7.21.6-3ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 11.04: libcurl3 7.21.3-1ubuntu1.5 libcurl3-gnutls 7.21.3-1ubuntu1.5 libcurl3-nss 7.21.3-1ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 10.10: libcurl3 7.21.0-1ubuntu1.3 libcurl3-gnutls 7.21.0-1ubuntu1.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1346-1 CVE-2012-0036 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.21.6-3ubuntu3.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.21.3-1ubuntu1.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.21.0-1ubuntu1.3 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security... (Log in to post comments)
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