[USN-7218-1] Python vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7218-1
January 20, 2025

python3.10, python3.8 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Python could allow Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

Software Description:
- python3.10: An interactive high-level object-oriented language
- python3.8: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details:

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled parsing bracketed hosts.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a Server-Side
Request Forgery (SSRF) attack.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   python3.10                      3.10.12-1~22.04.8
   python3.10-minimal              3.10.12-1~22.04.8

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   python3.8                       3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.14
   python3.8-minimal               3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.14

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7218-1
   CVE-2024-11168

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.10/3.10.12-1~22.04.8
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.8/3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.14

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