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USN-7012-1: curl vulnerability

16 September 2024

curl could incorrectly check bad certificates when OCSP stapling is in use.

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Releases

Packages

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

Details

Hiroki Kurosawa discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain OCSP
responses. This could result in bad certificates not being checked
properly, contrary to expectations.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

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

References