Packages
- python2.7 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
Details
USN-7015-4 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. It was discovered that the fix
for CVE-2023-27043 for python2.7 was incorrectly applied on Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory 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
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USN-7015-4 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. It was discovered that the fix
for CVE-2023-27043 for python2.7 was incorrectly applied on Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory 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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 bionic | libpython2.7 – 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm13 | ||
| python2.7 – 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm13 | |||
| 16.04 xenial | libpython2.7 – 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm18 | ||
| python2.7 – 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm18 | |||
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