Ubuntu Security Notice 5079-4 - USN-5079-2 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. One of the fixes introduced a regression. This update fixes the problem. Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled upgrades to TLS. When receiving certain responses from servers, curl would continue without TLS even when the option to require a successful upgrade to TLS was specified. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5079-4
September 21, 2021
curl regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary:
USN-5079-2 introduced a regression in curl.
Software Description:
- curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details:
USN-5079-2 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. One of the fixes introduced a
regression. This update fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled upgrades to TLS.
When receiving certain responses from servers, curl would continue without
TLS even when the option to require a successful upgrade to TLS was
specified. (CVE-2021-22946)
Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled responses
received before STARTTLS. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to inject responses and intercept communications. (CVE-2021-22947)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm2
libcurl3 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm2
libcurl3-gnutls 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm2
libcurl3-nss 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm2
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9
libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9
libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9
libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5079-4
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5079-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1944120