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Ubuntu 24.04: AIOHTTP Critical Request Smuggling and XSS Fix USN-7642-1

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous security flaws identified in Python AIOHTTP have been addressed across various Ubuntu versions, necessitating prompt upgrades.
Several security issues were fixed in AIOHTTP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in AIOHTTP.

Software Description:

- python-aiohttp: Asynchronous HTTP client/server Python framework

Details:

Ben Kallus discovered that AIOHTTP did not correctly parse HTTP

headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform

request smuggling. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-47627)

Ivan Novikov discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly validate certain

inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform request

smuggling. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49081, CVE-2023-49082)

Paul J. Dorn discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly validate certain

inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform request

smuggling. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-23829)

Takeshi Kaneko discovered that AIOHTTP did not properly sanitize certain

inputs. A re...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical XSS Ubuntu request smuggling

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  python3-aiohttp                 3.9.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  python3-aiohttp                 3.8.1-4ubuntu0.2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  python3-aiohttp                 3.6.2-1ubuntu1+esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  python3-aiohttp                 3.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7642-1

CVE-2023-47627, CVE-2023-49081, CVE-2023-49082, CVE-2024-23829,

CVE-2024-27306, CVE-2024-30251, CVE-2024-52304

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7642-1

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security advisory denial of service critical XSS Ubuntu request smuggling

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