USN-3805-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3805-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3805-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3805-1
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Published
2018-10-31T12:38:53.134731Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:44Z
Summary
curl vulnerabilities
Details

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled SASL authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16839)

Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when closing certain handles. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16840)

Brian Carpenter discovered that the curl command-line tool incorrectly handled error messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-16842)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19

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
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.14
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.16
7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19",
            "binary_name": "curl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-nss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-gnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-nss-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-16839"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-16842"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
    }
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11

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
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.6
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.8
7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "curl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-nss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-gnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-nss-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-16839"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-16842"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
    }
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5

Affected versions

7.*

7.55.1-1ubuntu2
7.55.1-1ubuntu2.1
7.57.0-1ubuntu1
7.58.0-2ubuntu1
7.58.0-2ubuntu2
7.58.0-2ubuntu3
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.1
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5",
            "binary_name": "curl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5",
            "binary_name": "libcurl3-nss"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-gnutls-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-nss-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5",
            "binary_name": "libcurl4-openssl-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-16839"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2018-16842"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
    }
}