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USN-3598-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000120)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-03-15 12:02 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
curl vulnerabilities
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Phan Thanh discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain FTP paths. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000120)

Dario Weisser discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain LDAP URLs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1000121)

Max Dymond discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain RTSP data. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or even to get access to sensitive data. (CVE-2018-1000122)

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  "id": "USN-3598-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
  "published": "2018-03-15T12:02:23Z",
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