USN-7015-4

USN-7015-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for CVE-2023-27043 for python2.7 and python3.5 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly parsed email addresses that contain special characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain protection mechanisms. (CVE-2023-27043)

It was discovered that Python allowed excessive backtracking while parsing certain tarfile headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-6232)

It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly quoted newlines for email headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform header injection. (CVE-2024-6923)

It was discovered that the Python http.cookies module incorrectly handled parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-7592)

It was discovered that the Python zipfile module incorrectly handled certain malformed zip files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-8088)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / python2.7

Package

Name: python2.7
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python2.7@2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20

Affected versions

2.*

2.7.5-8ubuntu3

2.7.5-8ubuntu4

2.7.6-2

2.7.6-2ubuntu1

2.7.6-3

2.7.6-3ubuntu1

2.7.6-4

2.7.6-4ubuntu1

2.7.6-5

2.7.6-7

2.7.6-8

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.4

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.5

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm2

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm3

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm5

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm6

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm7

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm8

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm9

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm10

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm11

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm12

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm13

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm14

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm15

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm16

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm17

2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm18

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "idle-python2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-minimal",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-stdlib",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-testsuite",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7-examples",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python2.7-minimal",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm20"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2023-27043",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7015-4.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / python3.5