1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4665-1

USN-4665-1: curl vulnerabilities

Publication date

9 December 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in curl.

Releases

Packages

  • curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries

Details

Marc Aldorasi discovered that curl incorrectly handled the libcurl
CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option. This could result in data being sent to the
wrong destination, possibly exposing sensitive information. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-8231)

Varnavas Papaioannou discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP PASV
responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick curl into
connecting to an arbitrary IP address and be used to perform port scanner
and other information gathering. (CVE-2020-8284)

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP wildcard matchins. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to consume
resources and crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8285)

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled OCSP response verification.
A remote...

Marc Aldorasi discovered that curl incorrectly handled the libcurl
CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option. This could result in data being sent to the
wrong destination, possibly exposing sensitive information. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2020-8231)

Varnavas Papaioannou discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP PASV
responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick curl into
connecting to an arbitrary IP address and be used to perform port scanner
and other information gathering. (CVE-2020-8284)

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP wildcard matchins. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause curl to consume
resources and crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8285)

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled OCSP response verification.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to provide a fraudulent
OCSP response. (CVE-2020-8286)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.10 groovy curl –  7.68.0-1ubuntu4.2
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.68.0-1ubuntu4.2
libcurl3-nss –  7.68.0-1ubuntu4.2
libcurl4 –  7.68.0-1ubuntu4.2
20.04 focal curl –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4
libcurl3-nss –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4
libcurl4 –  7.68.0-1ubuntu2.4
18.04 bionic curl –  7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12
libcurl3-nss –  7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12
libcurl4 –  7.58.0-2ubuntu3.12
16.04 xenial curl –  7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18
libcurl3 –  7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18
libcurl3-gnutls –  7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18
libcurl3-nss –  7.47.0-1ubuntu2.18

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