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USN-6513-2: Python vulnerability

27 November 2023

Several security issues were fixed in Python.

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Releases

Packages

  • python3.10 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
  • python3.11 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
  • python3.8 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details

USN-6513-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 23.04.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain plist files.
If a user or an automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted plist file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-48564)

It was discovered that Python instances of ssl.SSLSocket were vulnerable
to a bypass of the TLS handshake. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause applications to treat unauthenticated received data before
TLS handshake as authenticated data after TLS handshake. (CVE-2023-40217)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

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

References

Related notices

  • USN-6513-1: python3.6, libpython3.6, libpython2.7-minimal, python3.5, python3.5-minimal, libpython3.6-dev, libpython2.7-dev, libpython3.6-minimal, python3.5-venv, libpython3.5-testsuite, python3.6-venv, python3.5-doc, python2.7-doc, idle-python3.6, libpython2.7, python3.5-dev, python3.6-minimal, libpython3.6-stdlib, python2.7, libpython3.5, libpython3.6-testsuite, idle-python3.5, libpython3.5-stdlib, idle-python2.7, libpython3.5-dev, python2.7-dev, python3.6-doc, python3.5-examples, libpython2.7-testsuite, python3.6-examples, python2.7-minimal, libpython2.7-stdlib, python2.7-examples, python3.6-dev, libpython3.5-minimal
  • USN-6891-1: python3.9-full, libpython3.10-testsuite, libpython3.11-stdlib, python3.8-dev, libpython3.5-testsuite, python3.5-doc, python3.12-full, libpython3.12-minimal, python3.9-doc, python3.5-dev, python3.7-doc, idle-python3.10, libpython3.8-stdlib, python3.10-minimal, libpython3.9-minimal, libpython3.9-stdlib, python3.12-doc, python3.8, libpython3.12-testsuite, python3.11, python3.10-examples, idle-python3.12, libpython3.10, python3.11-venv, python3.11-doc, idle-python3.8, libpython3.10-stdlib, libpython3.9, libpython3.11-minimal, python3.9, python3.10, idle-python3.6, libpython3.8-testsuite, libpython3.6-stdlib, libpython3.5, idle-python3.5, python3.10-venv, python3.10-nopie, python3.10-full, libpython3.9-dev, python3.6-examples, idle-python3.11, libpython3.9-testsuite, python3.12-dev, python3.12-nopie, python3.12, libpython3.10-minimal, libpython3.11-dev, libpython3.5-minimal, python3.9-minimal, python3.6, python3.8-venv, python3.11-examples, python3.11-dev, python3.5-minimal, libpython3.6-dev, python3.7-venv, python3.5-venv, python3.11-minimal, python3.6-minimal, libpython3.6-testsuite, libpython3.12-dev, python3.10-dev, libpython3.5-stdlib, idle-python3.7, python3.6-doc, python3.12-minimal, python3.9-dev, libpython3.7-stdlib, libpython3.12-stdlib, libpython3.8-minimal, python3.12-venv, python3.6-dev, python3.8-examples, python3.7-minimal, python3.9-venv, libpython3.6, python3.5, libpython3.12, libpython3.7-minimal, python3.7-examples, libpython3.6-minimal, libpython3.11-testsuite, python3.7, python3.6-venv, libpython3.10-dev, libpython3.11, python3.8-doc, libpython3.8, python3.10-doc, python3.12-examples, libpython3.5-dev, python3.9-examples, libpython3.7, libpython3.7-testsuite, python3.8-full, libpython3.8-dev, python3.5-examples, python3.11-full, python3.11-nopie, libpython3.7-dev, python3.8-minimal, python3.7-dev, idle-python3.9