Ubuntu 7280-1 Moderate Security Issue: Python3 SSRF Vulnerability Alert

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February 20, 2025

Python could allow Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

Summary

Python could allow Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

Software Description:

- python3.12: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

- 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 domain names that

included square brackets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue

to perform a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attack.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Ubuntu attack ubuntu python Python ssrf python3 Server-Side Request Forgery

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   python3.12                      3.12.7-1ubuntu2
   python3.12-minimal              3.12.7-1ubuntu2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   python3.12                      3.12.3-1ubuntu0.5
   python3.12-minimal              3.12.3-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   python3.10                      3.10.12-1~22.04.9
   python3.10-minimal              3.10.12-1~22.04.9

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   python3.8                       3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.15
   python3.8-minimal               3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.15

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