USN-5386-1: AIOHTTP vulnerability

21 April 2022

AIOHTTP could be used to perform an open redirect attack.

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Details

Jelmer Vernooij and Beast Glatisant discovered that AIOHTTP incorrectly
handled certain URLs, leading to an open redirect attack. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform phishing attacks.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

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

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