{"id":"USN-6429-2","summary":"curl vulnerability","details":"USN-6429-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS\nand Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled cookies when an application\n duplicated certain handles. A local attacker could possibly create a cookie\n file and inject arbitrary cookies into subsequent connections.\n (CVE-2023-38546)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:22Z","published":"2023-10-11T15:17:59Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38546"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-38546","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38546"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6429-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38546"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"curl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17"}]}],"versions":["7.32.0-1ubuntu1","7.33.0-1ubuntu1","7.34.0-1ubuntu1","7.35.0-1ubuntu1","7.35.0-1ubuntu2","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.3","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.5","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.7","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.9","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.11","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.14","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.16","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm2","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm4","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm5","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm7","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm8","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm10","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm12","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm13","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm14","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm15","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm16"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17","binary_name":"curl"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17","binary_name":"libcurl3"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17","binary_name":"libcurl3-gnutls"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17","binary_name":"libcurl3-nss"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17","binary_name":"libcurl4-gnutls-dev"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17","binary_name":"libcurl4-nss-dev"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17","binary_name":"libcurl4-openssl-dev"}],"availability":"Available 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