USN-4428-1

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    USN-4428-1

    Published: 22 Jul 2020Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: python2.7, python3.4, python3.5, python3.6, python3.8 vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Python documentation had a misleading information. A security issue could be possibly caused by wrong assumptions of this information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-17514) It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain TAR archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-20907) It was discovered that incorrectly handled certain ZIP files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9674) It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain IP values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14422)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4428-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9674, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17514, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20907, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14422

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python2.7

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm6?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm6

    Affected versions

    2.7.5-8ubuntu3
    2.7.5-8ubuntu4
    2.7.6-2
    2.7.6-2ubuntu1
    2.7.6-3
    2.7.6-3ubuntu1
    2.7.6-4
    2.7.6-4ubuntu1
    2.7.6-5
    2.7.6-7
    2.7.6-8
    2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2
    2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3
    2.7.6-8ubuntu0.4
    2.7.6-8ubuntu0.5
    2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm2
    2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm3
    2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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