USN-6988-1: Twisted vulnerabilities

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twisted - Event-based framework for internet applications

Details

Ben Kallus discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when
processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to delay and manipulate responses.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-41671)

It was discovered that Twisted did not properly sanitize certain input.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML
injection leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
(CVE-2024-41810)

Ben Kallus discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when
processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to delay and manipulate responses.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-41671)

It was discovered that Twisted did not properly sanitize certain input.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML
injection leading to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
(CVE-2024-41810)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
24.04 noble	python3-twisted – 24.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy	python3-twisted – 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.5
20.04 focal	python3-twisted – 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.4
18.04 bionic	python-twisted – 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
18.04 bionic	python3-twisted – 17.9.0-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
16.04 xenial	python-twisted – 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
16.04 xenial	python3-twisted – 16.0.0-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
14.04 trusty	python-twisted – 13.2.0-1ubuntu1.2+esm3

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