Description: =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-726-2 March 04, 2009 curl regression https://launchpad.net/bugs/337501 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.10: libcurl3 7.18.2-1ubuntu4.3 libcurl3-gnutls 7.18.2-1ubuntu4.3 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: USN-726-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. Due to an incomplete fix, a regression was introduced in Ubuntu 8.10 that caused certain types of URLs to fail. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that curl did not enforce any restrictions when following URL redirects. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a URL to an untrusted server, an attacker could use redirects to gain access to abitrary files. This update changes curl behavior to prevent following "file" URLs after a redirect.
USN-726-2: curl regression
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