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Critical USN-3648-1 2 CVEs

curl vulnerabilities

Published May 16, 2018 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Dario Weisser discovered that curl incorrectly handled long FTP server
command replies. If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting
to a malicious FTP server, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-1000300)

Max Dymond discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain RTSP responses.
If a user or automated system were tricked into connecting to a malicious
server, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2018-1000301)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.16
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.8
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000300
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000301