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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843328
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3441-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'curl' package(s) announced via the USN-3441-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'curl' package(s) announced via the USN-3441-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Daniel Stenberg discovered that curl incorrectly handled large floating
point output. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-9586)

Even Rouault discovered that curl incorrectly handled large file names when
doing TFTP transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
memory contents. (CVE-2017-1000100)

Brian Carpenter and Yongji Ouyang discovered that curl incorrectly handled
numerical range globbing. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain
sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2017-1000101)

Max Dymond discovered that curl incorrectly handled FTP PWD responses. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2017-1000254)

Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled the --write-out
command line option. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2017-7407)

Affected Software/OS:
'curl' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9586
BugTraq ID: 95019
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95019
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9586
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037515
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000100
BugTraq ID: 100286
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100286
Debian Security Information: DSA-3992 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3992
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039118
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000101
BugTraq ID: 100249
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100249
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039117
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000254
BugTraq ID: 101115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101115
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2486
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039509
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7407
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/1890d59905414ab84a35892b2e45833654aa5c13
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