Several security issues were fixed in curl.
USN-3805-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
1 November 2018
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in curl.
USN-3805-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Brian Carpenter discovered that the curl command-line tool incorrectly handled error messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-16842)
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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