USN-4022-1: Gunicorn vulnerability

USN-4022-1: Gunicorn vulnerability

Gunicorn vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Gunicorn could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Software Description

• gunicorn – Python HTTP/WSGI server

Details

It was discovered that gunicorn improperly handled certain input. An attacker
could potentially use this issue execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

gunicorn – 19.4.5-1ubuntu1.1

gunicorn3 – 19.4.5-1ubuntu1.1

python-gunicorn – 19.4.5-1ubuntu1.1

python3-gunicorn – 19.4.5-1ubuntu1.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2018-1000164

Source: USN-4022-1: Gunicorn vulnerability