Advisory Published

USN-7015-6: Python regressions

First published: Fri Nov 22 2024(Updated: )

USN-7015-5 fixed vulnerabilities in python2.7. The update introduced several minor regressions. 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)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.18-13ubuntu1.4
2.7.18-13ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.18-13ubuntu1.4
2.7.18-13ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.18-1~20.04.6
2.7.18-1~20.04.6
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.18-1~20.04.6
2.7.18-1~20.04.6
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm8
2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm8
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm8
2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm8
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm13
2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm13
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm13
2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm13
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7<2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm22
2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/python2.7-minimal<2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm22
2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm22
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04

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