Advisory Published

USN-7015-2: Python vulnerabilities

First published: Thu Sep 19 2024(Updated: )

USN-7015-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides one of the corresponding updates for python2.7 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and a second for python3.5 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: 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. This issue only affected python3.5 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (CVE-2024-6232) 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)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.18-13ubuntu1.2+esm2
2.7.18-13ubuntu1.2+esm2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.18-13ubuntu1.2+esm2
2.7.18-13ubuntu1.2+esm2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.18-1~20.04.4+esm2
2.7.18-1~20.04.4+esm2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.18-1~20.04.4+esm2
2.7.18-1~20.04.4+esm2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm5
2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm5
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm5
2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm5
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm10
2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm10
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm10
2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm10
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/python3.5<3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm14
3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm14
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/python3.5-minimal<3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm14
3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm14
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04

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