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USN-6575-1: Twisted vulnerabilities

10 January 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Twisted.

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Releases

Packages

  • twisted - Event-based framework for internet applications

Details

It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly escaped host headers in certain
404 responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
HTML and script injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04
LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39348)

It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when
processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to delay responses and manipulate the responses of second
requests. (CVE-2023-46137)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

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

References

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