USN-5891-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5891-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/USN-5891-1.json
Related
Published
2023-02-27T12:34:20.009715Z
Modified
2023-02-27T12:34:20.009715Z
Details

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled HSTS support when multiple URLs are requested serially. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to use unencrypted connections. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-23914)

Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled HSTS support when multiple URLs are requested in parallel. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to use unencrypted connections. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-23915)

Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when processing requests with multi-header compression. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-23916)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription needed",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "curl": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8",
            "libcurl4": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8",
            "libcurl4-gnutls-dev": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8",
            "libcurl3-gnutls": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8",
            "libcurl4-doc": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8",
            "libcurl3-nss": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8",
            "libcurl4-nss-dev": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8",
            "libcurl4-openssl-dev": "7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription needed",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "curl": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16",
            "libcurl4": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16",
            "libcurl4-gnutls-dev": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16",
            "libcurl3-gnutls": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16",
            "libcurl4-doc": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16",
            "libcurl3-nss": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16",
            "libcurl4-nss-dev": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16",
            "libcurl4-openssl-dev": "7.68.0-1ubuntu2.16"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / curl

Package

Name
curl

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription needed",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "curl": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23",
            "libcurl4": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23",
            "libcurl4-gnutls-dev": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23",
            "libcurl3-gnutls": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23",
            "libcurl4-doc": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23",
            "libcurl3-nss": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23",
            "libcurl4-nss-dev": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23",
            "libcurl4-openssl-dev": "7.58.0-2ubuntu3.23"
        }
    ]
}