twisted vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Twisted.
Software Description
USN-4308-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Twisted. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
it was discovered that Twisted incorrectly validated or sanitized certain URIs or HTTP methods. A remote attacker could use this issue to inject invalid characters and possibly perform header injection attacks. (CVE-2019-12387)
It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly verified XMPP TLS certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-12855)
Jake Miller and ZeddYu Lu discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled certain content-length headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request splitting attacks. (CVE-2020-10108, CVE-2020-10109)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
python-twisted - 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
python-twisted-bin - 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
python-twisted-web - 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
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
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Several security issues were fixed in Twisted.
Software Description
- twisted - Event-based framework for internet applications
USN-4308-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Twisted. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
it was discovered that Twisted incorrectly validated or sanitized certain URIs or HTTP methods. A remote attacker could use this issue to inject invalid characters and possibly perform header injection attacks. (CVE-2019-12387)
It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly verified XMPP TLS certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2019-12855)
Jake Miller and ZeddYu Lu discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled certain content-length headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request splitting attacks. (CVE-2020-10108, CVE-2020-10109)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
python-twisted - 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
python-twisted-bin - 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
python-twisted-web - 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
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
Continue reading...
