[USN-6988-1] Twisted vulnerabilities

[Nick Galanis]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6988-1
September 04, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Twisted.

Software Description:
- 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 LTS
   python3-twisted                 24.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   python3-twisted                 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   python3-twisted                 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   python-twisted                  17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3-twisted                 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   python-twisted                  16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   python3-twisted                 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   python-twisted                  13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6988-1
   CVE-2024-41671, CVE-2024-41810

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/24.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/22.1.0-2ubuntu2.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.4
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