USN-6139-1: Python vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

Yebo Cao discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain URLs. An attacker could use this issue to bypass blockinglisting methods. This issue was first addressed in USN-5960-1, but was incomplete. Here we address an additional fix to that issue. (CVE-2023-24329) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6139-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: python2.7-dev - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 python2.7-doc - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 libpython2.7-stdlib - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 libpython2.7-minimal - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 libpython2.7 - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 libpython2.7-testsuite - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 python2.7 - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 idle-python2.7 - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 python2.7-examples - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 libpython2.7-dev - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 python2.7-minimal - 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro libpython3.5-stdlib - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 python3.5-venv - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 python3.5-doc - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 python3.5-dev - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 libpython3.5-dev - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 libpython3.5-minimal - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 python3.5 - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 idle-python3.5 - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 libpython3.5-testsuite - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 python3.5-examples - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 python3.5-minimal - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 libpython3.5 - 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-24329

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

Platform Automation Toolkit
- 4.4.x versions prior to 4.4.32
- 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.25
- 5.1.x versions prior to 5.1.2

Isolation Segment
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.36, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.21, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.14, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147
- 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.5, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147

Operations Manager
- 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.59
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.12+LTS-T

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.42, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.24, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.561
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.14, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147
- 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.5, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.147

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

Platform Automation Toolkit
- 4.4.32
- 5.0.25
- 5.1.2

Isolation Segment
- 2.11.36, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
- 2.13.21, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
- 3.0.14, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater
- 4.0.5, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater

Operations Manager
- 2.10.59
- 3.0.12+LTS-T

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.42, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
- 2.13.24, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.561 or greater
- 3.0.14, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater
- 4.0.5, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.147 or greater

References

History

2023-09-01: Initial vulnerability report published.