twisted vulnerabilities
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
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
* CVE-2019-12387
* CVE-2019-12855
* CVE-2019-9512
* CVE-2019-9514
* CVE-2019-9515
* CVE-2020-10108
* CVE-2020-10109
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