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Ubuntu 21.04 USN-4962-1 High Risk: Python-Babel Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey May 19, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4963-1 highlights a vulnerability in the python-requests package, which allows for potential command injection through crafted requests.
Babel code be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: python-babel-localedata 2.8.0+dfsg.1-6ubuntu0.1 python3-babel 2.8.0+dfsg.1-6ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.10: python-babel-localedata 2.8.0+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 python3-babel 2.8.0+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: python-babel 2.6.0+dfsg.1-1ubuntu2.2 python-babel-localedata 2.6.0+dfsg.1-1ubuntu2.2 python3-babel 2.6.0+dfsg.1-1ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: python-babel 2.4.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu1.1 python-babel-localedata 2.4.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu1.1 python3-babel 2.4.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: python-babel 1.3+dfsg.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1 python-babel-localedata 1.3+dfsg.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1 python3-babel 1.3+dfsg.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: python-babel 1.3+dfsg.1-2ubuntu2+esm1 python-babel-localedata 1.3+dfsg.1-2ubuntu2+esm1 python3-babel 1.3+dfsg.1-2ubuntu2+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4962-1

CVE-2021-20095

May 19, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-babel/2.8.0+dfsg.1-6ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-babel/2.8.0+dfsg.1-4ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-babel/2.6.0+dfsg.1-1ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-babel/2.4.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu1.1

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