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USN-5767-1: Python vulnerabilities

8 December 2022

Several security issues were fixed in Python.

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Releases

Packages

  • python2.7 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
  • python3.10 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
  • python3.6 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
  • python3.8 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details

Nicky Mouha discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain SHA-3 internals.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-37454)

It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain IDNA inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information
denial of service, or cause a crash.
(CVE-2022-45061)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-5767-2: python3.5-venv, python3.5-minimal, python2.7-dev, libpython2.7-dev, libpython3.5-testsuite, libpython3.5, python2.7-doc, python3.5-examples, libpython2.7-minimal, python2.7-minimal, libpython2.7-stdlib, python3.5-doc, libpython3.5-stdlib, python3.5, idle-python2.7, python2.7, python2.7-examples, libpython3.5-dev, libpython2.7, libpython2.7-testsuite, idle-python3.5, libpython3.5-minimal, python3.5-dev
  • USN-5888-1: libpython3.9-stdlib, libpython3.9-testsuite, python3.9-minimal, python3.9-examples, python3.9-venv, libpython3.9, python3.9-dev, python3.9-full, python3.9, idle-python3.9, libpython3.9-dev, python3.9-doc, libpython3.9-minimal
  • USN-6891-1: python3.7-examples, libpython3.12-dev, libpython3.7-stdlib, python3.8-dev, python3.10-nopie, python3.10-minimal, python3.10-doc, python3.12-dev, python3.11-minimal, idle-python3.6, python3.6-minimal, libpython3.8-testsuite, python3.8-full, libpython3.9-minimal, python3.9-full, python3.9-dev, python3.9, libpython3.8-minimal, python3.12-venv, libpython3.7-dev, libpython3.7-testsuite, python3.11-full, python3.8-examples, libpython3.8, python3.8-venv, python3.5-venv, python3.5-minimal, python3.11-nopie, python3.7-dev, python3.8-minimal, libpython3.5-testsuite, python3.6-venv, python3.5-examples, python3.7-minimal, python3.10-examples, python3.8-doc, python3.6-examples, libpython3.7-minimal, python3.5, python3.12-nopie, libpython3.5-dev, python3.8, python3.12, python3.9-minimal, python3.6-dev, libpython3.12-stdlib, python3.10-venv, idle-python3.10, python3.11, libpython3.9-stdlib, libpython3.12-minimal, python3.5-dev, libpython3.11, libpython3.10-stdlib, libpython3.6-dev, libpython3.11-dev, idle-python3.12, libpython3.10, libpython3.9-dev, libpython3.6, python3.11-venv, libpython3.10-testsuite, libpython3.12-testsuite, idle-python3.8, python3.5-doc, python3.6-doc, python3.12-doc, python3.12-minimal, idle-python3.11, libpython3.8-stdlib, libpython3.6-stdlib, python3.9-examples, python3.9-venv, libpython3.9, libpython3.11-testsuite, libpython3.11-stdlib, python3.7, python3.12-full, libpython3.10-dev, libpython3.5-minimal, python3.11-examples, libpython3.6-minimal, python3.10, python3.10-dev, python3.6, libpython3.5, python3.7-doc, libpython3.12, python3.11-dev, python3.10-full, idle-python3.7, libpython3.5-stdlib, libpython3.6-testsuite, libpython3.8-dev, libpython3.11-minimal, libpython3.10-minimal, python3.11-doc, libpython3.7, idle-python3.9, libpython3.9-testsuite, idle-python3.5, python3.7-venv, python3.12-examples, python3.9-doc
  • USN-5717-1: php7.4-gd, libapache2-mod-php7.2, php7.2-bz2, php7.4-cli, php7.2-xsl, php8.1-soap, php7.4-xml, php7.2-mbstring, php7.4-cgi, php8.1-cgi, php8.1-interbase, php7.4-imap, php7.4-xsl, libphp7.4-embed, php7.2-sqlite3, php7.4, php8.1-mysql, php8.1-opcache, php7.2-common, php7.2-cgi, php7.4-enchant, php8.1-sybase, php7.2-cli, php7.2-recode, php7.2-xmlrpc, php7.4-odbc, php7.2-dev, php7.4-fpm, php8.1, php7.4-mbstring, php7.2-bcmath, php8.1-sqlite3, php8.1-imap, php7.2-ldap, php7.4-json, php8.1-cli, php7.4-gmp, php7.2-pgsql, php7.2-opcache, php8.1-phpdbg, php7.2-fpm, php8.1-tidy, php7.4-ldap, php8.1-bcmath, php7.2-imap, php7.4-bcmath, php8.1-common, php7.2-gmp, php7.2-zip, php8.1-snmp, php7.4-xmlrpc, php7.2-json, php7.2-dba, php8.1-readline, libapache2-mod-php8.0, php8.1-enchant, php8.1-xml, php7.4-opcache, php7.4-snmp, php7.2, php7.2-snmp, libapache2-mod-php8.1, php7.2-phpdbg, php8.1-bz2, php7.4-dba, php7.2-interbase, php7.4-intl, php8.1-dba, php7.4-dev, php8.1-odbc, php8.1-xsl, php7.4-bz2, php7.2-odbc, php8.1-zip, php7.2-readline, php7.4-curl, php7.2-curl, php7.4-zip, php7.4-sqlite3, php7.4-mysql, php8.1-dev, php8.1-curl, php7.4-soap, php7.2-pspell, php7.4-pspell, php8.1-gmp, php7.2-gd, php8.1-mbstring, php7.4-interbase, php7.4-phpdbg, php7.4-readline, php8.1-pspell, php7.2-tidy, php7.2-mysql, php7.4-tidy, php7.2-intl, libphp7.2-embed, php8.1-intl, php7.4-pgsql, php8.1-fpm, php7.2-soap, php7.2-sybase, php7.4-sybase, php7.2-xml, php8.1-ldap, libphp8.1-embed, php7.4-common, php8.1-gd, libapache2-mod-php7.4, php8.1-pgsql, php7.2-enchant
  • USN-5767-3: python3.6-dev, libpython3.6-stdlib, libpython3.6-dev, python3.6-examples, idle-python3.6, python3.6-doc, python3.6, libpython3.6-minimal, python3.6-minimal, libpython3.6-testsuite, python3.6-venv, libpython3.6
  • USN-5930-1: python3.7-minimal, libpython3.7-dev, python3.7-examples, python3.7, libpython3.7-testsuite, libpython3.7-stdlib, python3.7-venv, python3.7-dev, libpython3.7, libpython3.7-minimal, idle-python3.7, python3.7-doc
  • USN-5931-1: python3.8, libpython3.8-stdlib, python3.8-dev, idle-python3.8, python3.8-examples, libpython3.8, python3.8-venv, python3.8-minimal, libpython3.8-testsuite, libpython3.8-minimal, libpython3.8-dev
  • USN-6524-1: pypy3-venv, pypy3-doc, pypy3, pypy3-lib-testsuite, pypy3-dev, pypy3-lib, pypy3-tk
  • USN-6525-1: python3-sha3, pysha3