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USN-6941-1: Python vulnerability

1 August 2024

Python could allow unintended access to network services.

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Releases

Packages

  • python3.12 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details

It was discovered that the Python ipaddress module contained incorrect
information about which IP address ranges were considered “private” or
“globally reachable”. This could possibly result in applications applying
incorrect security policies.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-6928-1: python3.8, python3.8-venv, python3.8-dev, python3.8-minimal, python3.10-dev, python3.10-full, python3.10-nopie, python3.8-examples, libpython3.8-stdlib, python3.8-doc, libpython3.10-stdlib, python3.8-full, libpython3.10-testsuite, python3.10-doc, libpython3.10-dev, libpython3.8, libpython3.8-dev, idle-python3.8, libpython3.8-testsuite, python3.10-examples, python3.10, python3.10-venv, libpython3.8-minimal, idle-python3.10, libpython3.10, python3.10-minimal, libpython3.10-minimal