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Unscored USN-6429-2 1 CVE

curl vulnerability

Published Oct 11, 2023 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

USN-6429-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled cookies when an application
duplicated certain handles. A local attacker could possibly create a cookie
file and inject arbitrary cookies into subsequent connections.
(CVE-2023-38546)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm17
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.19+esm10
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS curl 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.24+esm2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38546