USN-3496-1: Python vulnerability
28 November 2017
Python could be made to run arbitrary code.
Releases
Packages
- python2.7 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
Details
It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled decoding certain strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3496-3: idle-python3.4, libpython3.5, idle-python3.5, python3.4-minimal, libpython3.4-stdlib, libpython3.5-dev, libpython3.5-stdlib, python3.5-doc, libpython3.5-minimal, python3.4-dev, libpython3.4-dev, python3.5-dev, libpython3.4, python3.5-minimal, python3.4-doc, python3.4-venv, python3.5-examples, libpython3.4-minimal, libpython3.5-testsuite, python3.4, libpython3.4-testsuite, python3.4-examples, python3.5, python3.5-venv
- USN-3496-2: python2.7-minimal, python2.7