USN-5105-1: Bottle vulnerability

Publication date

6 October 2021

Overview

Bottle could be made to cache malicious requests if it received a specially crafted input.


Packages

  • python-bottle - fast and simple WSGI-framework for Python - documentation

Details

It was discovered that Bottle incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cache malicious requests.

It was discovered that Bottle incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cache malicious requests.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 LTS focal python3-bottle –  0.12.15-2.1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic python3-bottle –  0.12.13-1ubuntu0.1
python-bottle –  0.12.13-1ubuntu0.1

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