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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7488-1 critical alert for Python SSRF and DoS issues

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Calendar Grey May 6, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various security vulnerabilities in Python affecting different Ubuntu releases pose risks including SSRF and Denial of Service. It is advised to perform updates to mitigate these threats.
Several security issues were fixed in Python.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Python.

Software Description:

- python3.13: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

- python2.7: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

- python3.11: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

- python3.9: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

- python3.6: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

- python3.7: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

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

- python3.4: 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. This issue only affected python 2.7 and

python3.4 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; python2.7 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS;

python2.7, python3.6, python3.7, and python3.8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS;

python2.7 and python3.9 on Ubuntu...

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution DoS Ubuntu Python SSRF attack

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   python3.13                      3.13.0-1ubuntu0.1
   python3.13-minimal              3.13.0-1ubuntu0.1
   python3.13-venv                 3.13.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   python2.7                       2.7.18-13ubuntu1.5+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python2.7-minimal               2.7.18-13ubuntu1.5+esm5
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.11                      3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.11-minimal              3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.11-venv                 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   python2.7                       2.7.18-1~20.04.7+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python2.7-minimal               2.7.18-1~20.04.7+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.9                       3.9.5-3ubuntu0~20.04.1+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.9-minimal               3.9.5-3ubuntu0~20.04.1+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.9-venv                  3.9.5-3ubuntu0~20.04.1+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   python2.7                       2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm10
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python2.7-minimal               2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm10
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.6                       3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.6-minimal               3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.6-venv                  3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.7                       3.7.5-2ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.7-minimal               3.7.5-2ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.7-venv                  3.7.5-2ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.8                       3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.8-minimal               3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.8-venv                  3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   python2.7                       2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm15
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python2.7-minimal               2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm15
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   python2.7                       2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm24
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python2.7-minimal               2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm24
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.4                       3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm14
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.4-minimal               3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm14
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3.4-venv                  3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm14
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7488-1

  CVE-2024-11168, CVE-2024-6232, CVE-2024-9287

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7488-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution DoS Ubuntu Python SSRF attack

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.13/3.13.0-1ubuntu0.1

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