USN-5960-1: Python vulnerability
16 March 2023
Python could be made to bypass blocklisting methods if a specially crafted URL was provided.
Releases
Packages
- python2.7 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
- python3.10 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
- python3.5 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
- python3.6 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
- python3.8 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
Details
Yebo Cao discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain URLs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass blocklisting
methods by supplying a URL that starts with blank characters.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
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python2.7
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2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python3.5
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3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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python2.7
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2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm14
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5888-1: idle-python3.9, python3.9-minimal, python3.9-examples, python3.9-venv, libpython3.9, libpython3.9-minimal, python3.9, python3.9-full, libpython3.9-stdlib, python3.9-dev, libpython3.9-testsuite, python3.9-doc, libpython3.9-dev
- USN-6139-1: libpython3.11-minimal, libpython3.8-minimal, python3.5, libpython3.10-minimal, python3.11-full, libpython3.11-dev, python3.5-dev, python3.5-examples, libpython3.8-dev, python3.11, python3.6-minimal, libpython3.11-testsuite, python3.11-examples, python3.11-minimal, python3.10-dev, python3.11-doc, libpython3.10-stdlib, libpython3.5-stdlib, python3.10-examples, python3.8-examples, libpython3.8-testsuite, python3.5-minimal, python3.10-venv, libpython3.6, libpython3.8, libpython3.10-testsuite, python3.6-examples, libpython3.6-testsuite, python3.8-venv, libpython3.11, python3.10-full, python3.10-minimal, python3.5-doc, python3.8-doc, libpython3.8-stdlib, python3.6-dev, libpython3.5-testsuite, libpython2.7, libpython3.6-minimal, libpython2.7-testsuite, python3.10, libpython3.11-stdlib, idle-python3.11, python3.10-nopie, python3.8-full, idle-python2.7, libpython3.10, python3.10-doc, libpython3.5, python3.6-doc, libpython2.7-stdlib, libpython3.6-stdlib, python2.7, libpython2.7-dev, python3.6-venv, python3.8-dev, idle-python3.10, python2.7-examples, idle-python3.5, python2.7-doc, libpython3.5-dev, python3.11-dev, python3.6, libpython2.7-minimal, idle-python3.8, libpython3.5-minimal, python2.7-minimal, python2.7-dev, python3.11-nopie, python3.5-venv, python3.8-minimal, python3.8, idle-python3.6, libpython3.10-dev, python3.11-venv, libpython3.6-dev
- USN-6891-1: python3.8-doc, libpython3.10-minimal, python3.11, python3.11-examples, python3.12-doc, python3.7-dev, libpython3.12-minimal, libpython3.8-testsuite, python3.5-minimal, python3.10-venv, libpython3.12, libpython3.6, libpython3.10-testsuite, libpython3.8, python3.7-examples, python3.10-full, python3.12-nopie, python3.9-dev, python3.7-minimal, python3.10-doc, python3.6-doc, idle-python3.7, idle-python3.5, python3.12-examples, libpython3.5-minimal, python3.7-venv, python3.12-full, python3.11-venv, libpython3.7, libpython3.8-minimal, libpython3.9-minimal, idle-python3.12, python3.11-doc, libpython3.10-stdlib, libpython3.5-stdlib, python3.6-examples, libpython3.6-testsuite, python3.12-dev, python3.8-venv, python3.12-minimal, python3.10-nopie, python3.9, libpython3.10, libpython3.6-stdlib, python3.6-venv, idle-python3.10, python3.12-venv, python3.8-minimal, libpython3.10-dev, libpython3.6-dev, python3.6-minimal, python3.5-examples, libpython3.12-dev, python3.9-minimal, python3.7, libpython3.7-testsuite, libpython3.7-dev, python3.10-dev, python3.10-examples, python3.8-examples, libpython3.12-testsuite, libpython3.7-minimal, python3.5-doc, python3.9-full, libpython3.8-stdlib, python3.12, python3.6-dev, libpython3.6-minimal, python3.10, libpython3.11-stdlib, libpython3.7-stdlib, python3.8-full, python3.9-doc, python3.11-nopie, libpython3.9-stdlib, python3.5-venv, libpython3.9-dev, libpython3.11-minimal, python3.5-dev, python3.5, python3.11-full, idle-python3.9, libpython3.11-dev, libpython3.12-stdlib, libpython3.8-dev, libpython3.11-testsuite, python3.11-minimal, python3.7-doc, python3.9-venv, libpython3.11, python3.10-minimal, libpython3.5-testsuite, libpython3.9-testsuite, idle-python3.11, python3.9-examples, libpython3.9, libpython3.5, libpython3.5-dev, python3.11-dev, python3.6, idle-python3.8, python3.8, idle-python3.6, python3.8-dev