USN-4333-1: Python vulnerabilities
USN-4333-1: Python vulnerabilities python2.7, python3.4, python3.5, python3.6, python3.7 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in Python. Software Description python3.7 – An interactive high-level object-oriented language python2.7 – An interactive high-level object-oriented language python3.6 – An interactive high-level object-oriented language python3.5 – An interactive high-level object-oriented language python3.4 – An interactive high-level object-oriented language Details It was discovered that Python incorrectly stripped certain characters from requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to perform CRLF injection. (CVE-2019-18348) It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8492) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the [ more… ]