========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3710-1 July 11, 2018 curl vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 17.10 Summary: curl could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: Peter Wu discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain SMTP buffers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2 libcurl3-gnutls 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2 libcurl3-nss 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2 libcurl4 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 17.10: curl 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.6 libcurl3 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.6 libcurl3-gnutls 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.6 libcurl3-nss 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3710-1 CVE-2018-0500 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.55.1-1ubuntu2.6