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Ubuntu 22.04/20.04/18.04 LTS: USN-7015-5 critical: python DoS

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Recent updates have addressed security flaws in Python across multiple Ubuntu LTS releases. Ensure your system is updated promptly to mitigate risks of DoS attacks.
Several security issues were fixed in Python.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Python. Software Description: - python2.7: An interactive high-level object-oriented language Details: USN-7015-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for CVE-2024-6232 and CVE-2024-6923 for python2.7 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly parsed email addresses that contain special characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain protection mechanisms. (CVE-2023-27043) It was discovered that Python allowed excessive backtracking while parsing certain tarfile headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this...

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu python header injection email parsing tarfile issue

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS python2.7 2.7.18-13ubuntu1.3 python2.7-minimal 2.7.18-13ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS python2.7 2.7.18-1~20.04.5 python2.7-minimal 2.7.18-1~20.04.5 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python2.7 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro python2.7-minimal 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm7 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python2.7 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro python2.7-minimal 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm12 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS python2.7 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm21 Available with Ubuntu Pro python2.7-minimal 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm21 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7015-5

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7015-4

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7015-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7015-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7015-1

CVE-2024-6232, CVE-2024-6923

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7015-5

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu python header injection email parsing tarfile issue

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/2.7.18-13ubuntu1.3

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