1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5632-1

USN-5632-1: OAuthLib vulnerability

Publication date

22 September 2022

Overview

OAuthLib could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • python-oauthlib - generic, spec-compliant implementation of OAuth for Python3

Details

Sebastian Chnelik discovered that OAuthLib incorrectly handled certain
redirect uris. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OAuthLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Sebastian Chnelik discovered that OAuthLib incorrectly handled certain
redirect uris. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
OAuthLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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
22.04 jammy python3-oauthlib –  3.2.0-1ubuntu0.1

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