USN-3457-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3457-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3457-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3457-1
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Published
2017-10-23T12:49:14.918462Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:30Z
Summary
curl vulnerability
Details

Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled IMAP FETCH response lines. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12

Affected versions

7.*

7.32.0-1ubuntu1
7.33.0-1ubuntu1
7.34.0-1ubuntu1
7.35.0-1ubuntu1
7.35.0-1ubuntu2
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.3
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.5
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.7
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.9
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "curl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-nss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-gnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-nss-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-1000257"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

7.*

7.43.0-1ubuntu2
7.45.0-1ubuntu1
7.46.0-1ubuntu1
7.47.0-1ubuntu1
7.47.0-1ubuntu2
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "curl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-nss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-gnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-nss-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-1000257"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}