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