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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS USN-6904-1 Critical: PyMongo Crash Risk

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
PyMongo vulnerability alert emphasizing potential crash and data leak threats across various Ubuntu LTS editions.
PyMongo could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a crafted BSON.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: PyMongo could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received a crafted BSON. Software Description: - pymongo: Python interface to the MongoDB document-oriented database Details: It was discovered that PyMongo incorrectly handled certain BSON. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read sensitive information or cause a crash.

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security advisory critical software update Ubuntu information exposure crash risk pymongo

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS python3-bson 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 python3-bson-ext 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS python3-bson 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 python3-bson-ext 3.11.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS python3-bson 3.10.1-0ubuntu2.1 python3-bson-ext 3.10.1-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-bson 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python-bson-ext 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-bson 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-bson-ext 3.6.1+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-bson 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python-bson-ext 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-bson 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python3-bson-ext 3.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6904-1

CVE-2024-5629

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6904-1

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security advisory critical software update Ubuntu information exposure crash risk pymongo

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/3.11.0-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/3.11.0-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pymongo/3.10.1-0ubuntu2.1

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