USN-4333-2: Python vulnerabilities
30 April 2020
Several security issues were fixed in Python.
Releases
Packages
- python3.8 - Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 3.8)
Details
USN-4333-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Python incorrectly stripped certain characters from
requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform CRLF injection.
(CVE-2019-18348)
It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-8492)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4333-1: python3.5-doc, python3.5, libpython3.7-testsuite, idle-python3.6, libpython3.5-minimal, libpython3.6-stdlib, python3.6-venv, libpython3.4-dev, libpython3.7-stdlib, python3.4-examples, libpython3.5-dev, idle-python3.7, python3.7-venv, libpython3.6, python3.5-examples, python3.6-examples, libpython3.6-dev, python3.6, python3.7, idle-python3.4, python3.5-venv, idle-python2.7, python3.4-minimal, python3.6-doc, libpython3.6-minimal, libpython3.7-dev, python3.6-dev, libpython3.5-testsuite, idle-python3.5, libpython3.7-minimal, python3.4-doc, libpython3.6-testsuite, python3.4-dev, libpython3.4, python3.4-venv, libpython2.7-dev, libpython2.7, libpython2.7-minimal, libpython2.7-stdlib, python2.7, libpython3.5-stdlib, python2.7-minimal, python3.5-minimal, libpython2.7-testsuite, python3.7-dev, python3.7-examples, python2.7-dev, libpython3.7, libpython3.4-stdlib, python2.7-doc, python3.7-minimal, python3.4, libpython3.5, python2.7-examples, python3.6-minimal, python3.7-doc, python3.5-dev, libpython3.4-testsuite, libpython3.4-minimal
- USN-6891-1: python3.12-dev, python3.10-examples, libpython3.10-testsuite, python3.10-venv, libpython3.6-stdlib, python3.6-venv, libpython3.11-stdlib, libpython3.12-dev, libpython3.5-dev, python3.5-examples, idle-python3.12, python3.5-venv, python3.6-doc, python3.11-dev, idle-python3.5, libpython3.9-testsuite, python3.11-venv, python3.9-full, libpython3.5-stdlib, python3.10-nopie, python3.5-minimal, python3.9-doc, python3.11, libpython3.7, python3.11-nopie, python3.8, libpython3.5, libpython3.8-minimal, libpython3.10-stdlib, libpython3.8-dev, libpython3.8-testsuite, libpython3.7-testsuite, idle-python3.6, libpython3.12-testsuite, libpython3.12-minimal, libpython3.7-stdlib, python3.6-examples, python3.12-full, python3.6-dev, python3.10-dev, libpython3.7-minimal, python3.10, python3.12-doc, python3.12-nopie, python3.9-venv, libpython3.10, python3.12, python3.6-minimal, idle-python3.11, python3.12-minimal, python3.5-doc, python3.8-examples, libpython3.5-minimal, python3.11-doc, libpython3.9-stdlib, libpython3.11, libpython3.6, python3.7-venv, python3.7, libpython3.6-minimal, libpython3.7-dev, python3.10-doc, libpython3.5-testsuite, libpython3.12-stdlib, python3.12-venv, libpython3.9, libpython3.9-minimal, python3.11-examples, python3.11-minimal, idle-python3.8, libpython3.10-minimal, python3.8-venv, python3.7-dev, idle-python3.10, python3.7-minimal, python3.8-doc, python3.8-minimal, python3.9-examples, python3.9-minimal, python3.7-doc, python3.5-dev, libpython3.8, python3.10-minimal, idle-python3.9, libpython3.10-dev, python3.11-full, python3.5, python3.9-dev, idle-python3.7, python3.8-full, libpython3.6-dev, python3.6, libpython3.8-stdlib, python3.10-full, python3.9, libpython3.11-minimal, libpython3.11-testsuite, libpython3.6-testsuite, libpython3.12, python3.7-examples, libpython3.11-dev, libpython3.9-dev, python3.8-dev, python3.12-examples
- USN-4754-3: libpython3.8-dev, libpython3.8-testsuite, python3.8-examples, libpython3.7-testsuite, libpython3.7-stdlib, idle-python3.7, python3.7-venv, python3.7, libpython3.8-stdlib, idle-python2.7, libpython3.7-dev, libpython3.7-minimal, libpython2.7-dev, libpython2.7, idle-python3.8, libpython2.7-minimal, libpython2.7-stdlib, python2.7, python2.7-minimal, python3.8-venv, libpython2.7-testsuite, python3.7-dev, python3.7-examples, python2.7-dev, libpython3.7, python2.7-doc, python3.7-minimal, python3.8-minimal, python3.8, python3.7-doc, libpython3.8-minimal, libpython3.8, python2.7-examples, python3.8-dev
- USN-5200-1: libpython3.8-dev, libpython3.8-testsuite, python3.8-examples, libpython3.7-testsuite, libpython3.7-stdlib, idle-python3.7, python3.7-venv, python3.7, libpython3.8-stdlib, libpython3.7-dev, libpython3.7-minimal, idle-python3.8, python3.8-venv, python3.7-dev, python3.7-examples, libpython3.7, python3.7-minimal, python3.8-minimal, python3.8, python3.7-doc, libpython3.8-minimal, libpython3.8, python3.8-dev