USN-5495-2: curl regression
Publication date
29 September 2025
Overview
USN-5495-1 introduced a regression in curl
Releases
Packages
- curl - HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries
Details
USN-5495-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. The fix for CVE-2022-32205
miscalculated the maximum cookie size, causing a regression. This update
fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain cookies.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32205)
Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain HTTP compressions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-32206)
Harry Sintonen incorrectly handled certain file permissions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (
USN-5495-1 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. The fix for CVE-2022-32205
miscalculated the maximum cookie size, causing a regression. This update
fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain cookies.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32205)
Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain HTTP compressions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-32206)
Harry Sintonen incorrectly handled certain file permissions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 21.10, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32207)
Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP-KRB messages.
An attacker could possibly use this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack.
(CVE-2022-32208)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.04 jammy | curl – 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.21 | ||
| libcurl3-gnutls – 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.21 | |||
| libcurl3-nss – 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.21 | |||
| libcurl4 – 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.21 | |||
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