USN-7015-1: Python vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• python3.10 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
• python3.12 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
• python3.8 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details

It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly parsed email
addresses that contain special characters. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to bypass certain protection mechanisms. (CVE-2023-27043)

It was discovered that Python allowed excessive backtracking while parsing
certain tarfile headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Python to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-6232)

It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly quoted newlines
for email headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
perform header injection. (CVE-2024-6923)

It was discovered that the Python http.cookies module incorrectly handled
parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-7592)

It was discovered that the Python zipfile module incorrectly handled
certain malformed zip files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Python to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2024-8088)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04

• python3.12 - 3.12.3-1ubuntu0.2
• python3.12-minimal - 3.12.3-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04

• python3.10 - 3.10.12-1~22.04.6
• python3.10-minimal - 3.10.12-1~22.04.6

Ubuntu 20.04

• python3.8 - 3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.12
• python3.8-minimal - 3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.12

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

References

• CVE-2024-6923
• CVE-2024-6232
• CVE-2024-8088
• CVE-2023-27043
• CVE-2024-7592

Related notices

• USN-7015-2: libpython2.7-minimal, python2.7-examples, libpython2.7-testsuite, libpython3.5-minimal, python3.5-venv, libpython2.7, python2.7-minimal, python2.7-dev, python2.7-doc, python3.5, libpython3.5-testsuite, libpython3.5, libpython3.5-dev, libpython2.7-dev, python3.5-doc, idle-python3.5, idle-python2.7, python3.5-examples, libpython3.5-stdlib, python2.7, python3.5-minimal, libpython2.7-stdlib, python3.5-dev