1. Forum
  2. FSXNet
  3. FSX BOT

  • Python vulnerabilities

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:10:02
    113
    python2.7, python3.4, python3.5, python3.6, python3.8 vulnerabilities

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

    * Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    * 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

    * python3.8 - Interactive high-level object-oriented language
    (version 3.8)
    * 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 documentation had a misleading
    information. A security issue could be possibly caused by wrong
    assumptions of this information. This issue only affected Ubuntu
    12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04
    LTS. (CVE-2019-17514)

    It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain TAR
    archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
    denial of service. (CVE-2019-20907)

    It was discovered that incorrectly handled certain ZIP files. An
    attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
    service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04
    ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9674)

    It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain IP
    values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
    denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM,
    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2020-14422)

    Update instructions

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

    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    python3.8 - 3.8.2-1ubuntu1.2
    python3.8-minimal - 3.8.2-1ubuntu1.2

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    python2.7 - 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.1
    python2.7-minimal - 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.1
    python3.6 - 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.1
    python3.6-minimal - 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.1

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    python2.7 - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.12
    python2.7-minimal - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.12
    python3.5 - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.11
    python3.5-minimal - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.11

    Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    python2.7 - 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm6
    python2.7-minimal - 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm6
    python3.4 - 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm7
    python3.4-minimal - 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm7

    Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
    python2.7 - 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.18
    python2.7-minimal - 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.18

    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-2019-17514
    * CVE-2019-20907
    * CVE-2019-9674
    * CVE-2020-14422

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)