=========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3498-1 November 29, 2017 curl vulnerabilities =========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in curl. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: Alex Nichols discovered that curl incorrectly handled NTLM authentication credentials. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.04 and Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2017-8816) It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP wildcard matching. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-8817) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10: curl 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.2 libcurl3 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.2 libcurl3-gnutls 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.2 libcurl3-nss 7.55.1-1ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 17.04: curl 7.52.1-4ubuntu1.4 libcurl3 7.52.1-4ubuntu1.4 libcurl3-gnutls 7.52.1-4ubuntu1.4 libcurl3-nss 7.52.1-4ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5 libcurl3 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5 libcurl3-gnutls 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5 libcurl3-nss 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13 libcurl3 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13 libcurl3-gnutls 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13 libcurl3-nss 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3498-1 CVE-2017-8816, CVE-2017-8817 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.55.1-1ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.52.1-4ubuntu1.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13 --wGKBumgIVq8JjON1xg2HsI9ahxtEabM2v--