Ubuntu Security Update USN-5079-4: curl regression

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USN-5079-2 fixed vulnerabilities in curl. One of the fixes introduced a regression. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: 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)

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