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Unscored USN-3134-1 4 CVEs

python2.7, python3.2, python3.4, python3.5 vulnerabilities

Published Nov 22, 2016 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the smtplib library in Python did not return an
error when StartTLS fails. A remote attacker could possibly use this to
expose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-0772)

Rémi Rampin discovered that Python would not protect CGI applications
from contents of the HTTP_PROXY environment variable when based on
the contents of the Proxy header from HTTP requests. A remote attacker
could possibly use this to cause a CGI application to redirect outgoing
HTTP requests. (CVE-2016-1000110)

Insu Yun discovered an integer overflow in the zipimporter module in
Python that could lead to a heap-based overflow. An attacker could
use this to craft a special zip file that when read by Python could
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5636)

Guido Vranken discovered that the urllib modules in Python did
not properly handle carriage return line feed (CRLF) in headers. A
remote attacker could use this to craft URLs that inject arbitrary
HTTP headers. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu
14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5699)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS python2.7 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS python3.4 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.5
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS python2.7 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS python3.5 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.1

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0772
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5636
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5699
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1000110