USN-4129-1

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    USN-4129-1

    Published: 11 Sept 2019Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: curl vulnerabilities

    Details: Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when using Kerberos over FTP. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-5481) Thomas Vegas discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory during TFTP transfers. A remote attacker could use this issue to crash curl, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5482)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4129-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5481, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5482

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.47.0-1ubuntu2.14

    Affected versions

    7.43.0-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High