USN-6988-1: Twisted vulnerabilities
4 September 2024
Several security issues were fixed in Twisted.
Releases
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
- twisted - Event-based framework for internet applications
Details
It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when
processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to delay and manipulate responses.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-41671)
It was discovered that Twisted did not properly sanitize certain input.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML
injection leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
(CVE-2024-41810)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
-
python-twisted
-
17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python3-twisted
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17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04
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python-twisted
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16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python3-twisted
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16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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python-twisted
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13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.