USN-7218-1: Python vulnerability
20 January 2025
Python could allow Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.
Releases
Packages
- 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
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.