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Critical USN-5079-1 3 CVEs

curl vulnerabilities

Published Sep 15, 2021 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that curl incorrect handled memory when sending data to
an MQTT server. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2021-22945)

Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled upgrades to TLS.
When receiving certain responses from servers, curl would continue without
TLS even when the option to require a successful upgrade to TLS was
specified. (CVE-2021-22946)

Patrick Monnerat discovered that curl incorrectly handled responses
received before STARTTLS. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to inject responses and intercept communications. (CVE-2021-22947)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.15
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS curl 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.7

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22945
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22946
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22947