curl could be made to expose sensitive information.
USN-3554-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
1 February 2018
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
curl could be made to expose sensitive information.
USN-3554-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that curl could accidentally leak authentication data. An attacker could possibly use this to get access to sensitive information. (CVE-2018-1000007)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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