USN-3463-1: Werkzeug vulnerability
25 October 2017
Werkzeug could be made to run arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- python-werkzeug - collection of utilities for WSGI applications
Details
It was discovered that Werkzeug did not properly handle certain
web scripts. A remote attacker could use this to inject arbitrary
code via a field that contains an exception message.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.