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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-7218-1 critical: python Server-Side Request Forgery

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Update your Ubuntu Python packages to mitigate Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerabilities with critical security updates now.
Python could allow Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

Summary

Python could allow Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

Software Description:

- python3.10: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

- python3.8: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details:

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled parsing bracketed hosts.

A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a Server-Side

Request Forgery (SSRF) attack.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote attack Ubuntu update instructions python3.8 Server-Side Request Forgery python3.10

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   python3.10                      3.10.12-1~22.04.8
   python3.10-minimal              3.10.12-1~22.04.8

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   python3.8                       3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.14
   python3.8-minimal               3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.14

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7218-1

CVE-2024-11168

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7218-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote attack Ubuntu update instructions python3.8 Server-Side Request Forgery python3.10

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.10/3.10.12-1~22.04.8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.8/3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.14

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