Ubuntu Security Notice 6237-2 - USN-6237-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. The update caused a certificate wildcard handling regression on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem. Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled validating certain certificate wildcards. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof certain website certificates using IDN hosts. Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled callbacks when certain options are set by applications. This could cause applications using curl to misbehave, resulting in information disclosure, or a denial of service. It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled saving cookies to files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to create or overwrite files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6237-2
July 19, 2023
curl regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Summary:
USN-6237-1 introduced a regression in curl.
Software Description:
- curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details:
USN-6237-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. The update caused a certificate
wildcard handling regression on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. This update fixes the
problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled validating certain
certificate wildcards. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
spoof certain website certificates using IDN hosts. (CVE-2023-28321)
Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled callbacks when
certain options are set by applications. This could cause applications
using curl to misbehave, resulting in information disclosure, or a denial
of service. (CVE-2023-28322)
It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled saving cookies to files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to create or overwrite files.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-32001)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
curl 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.13
libcurl3-gnutls 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.13
libcurl3-nss 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.13
libcurl4 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.13
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6237-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6237-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2028170
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/curl/7.81.0-1ubuntu1.13