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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-7216-1 critical: tqdm code execution risk

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7217-1 relates to a vulnerabilities in the requests library that enable arbitrary command execution via specially designed input.
tqdm could be made to crash or to allow arbitary code execution if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

tqdm could be made to crash or to allow arbitary code execution if it

received specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- tqdm: fast, extensible progress bar for Python 3 and CLI tool

Details:

It was discovered that tqdm did not properly sanitize non-boolean CLI

Arguments. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

arbitrary code on the host. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-34062)

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Ubuntu tqdm input attack

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   python3-tqdm                    4.66.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   python3-tqdm                    4.57.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7216-1

CVE-2024-34062

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7216-1

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security advisory code execution Ubuntu tqdm input attack

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