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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Python vulnerabilities (USN-7570-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 240097

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7570-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled certain unicode characters during decoding. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-4516)

 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled unicode encoding of email headers with list separators in folded lines. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
 (CVE-2025-1795)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7570-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 240097

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7570-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2025

Updated: 6/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1795

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4516

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.11-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.6-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.11-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.7-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.6-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-venv, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.11-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.7-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-testsuite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.7-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.6-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-testsuite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.6-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.7-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.6-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.11-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-tk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.6-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-tk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.6-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.6-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.11-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-stdlib

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1795, CVE-2025-4516

USN: 7570-1