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Ubuntu 22.10, 22.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS USN-6226-1 Critical SciPy DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities identified in NumPy impact various Debian versions. Upgrade promptly for enhanced security compliance.
Several security issues were fixed in SciPy.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SciPy.

Software Description:

- scipy: scientific library for Python - documentation

Details:

It was discovered that SciPy did not properly manage memory operations

during reference counting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-25399)

A use-after-free was discovered in SciPy when handling reference counts. An

attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue

only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-29824)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu sciPy

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10:
  python3-scipy                   1.8.1-10ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  python3-scipy                   1.8.0-1exp2ubuntu1+esm1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  python3-scipy                   1.3.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6226-1

CVE-2023-25399, CVE-2023-29824

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July 13, 2023

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/scipy/1.8.1-10ubuntu0.22.10.1

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