/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.la is in libcurl4-gnutls-dev 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.17.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.la
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.la