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  2. USN-6553-1

USN-6553-1: Pydantic vulnerability

Publication date

12 December 2023

Overview

Pydantic could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • pydantic - Data validation using Python type hints.

Details

Nina Jensen discovered that Pydantic incorrectly handled user input in the
date and datetime fields. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2021-29510)

Nina Jensen discovered that Pydantic incorrectly handled user input in the
date and datetime fields. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2021-29510)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal python3-pydantic –  1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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