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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4308-1
March 19, 2020
twisted vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 19.10
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 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 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)
It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled HTTP/2 connections. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Twisted to hang or
consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514,
CVE-2019-9515)
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 19.10:
python-twisted 18.9.0-3ubuntu1.1
python-twisted-bin 18.9.0-3ubuntu1.1
python-twisted-web 18.9.0-3ubuntu1.1
python3-twisted 18.9.0-3ubuntu1.1
python3-twisted-bin 18.9.0-3ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
python-twisted 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
python-twisted-bin 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
python-twisted-web 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
python3-twisted 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
python3-twisted-bin 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
python-twisted 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4
python-twisted-bin 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4
python-twisted-web 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4
python3-twisted 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4308-1
CVE-2019-12387, CVE-2019-12855, CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514,
CVE-2019-9515, CVE-2020-10108, CVE-2020-10109
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/18.9.0-3ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/17.9.0-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4
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