{"id":"USN-7015-6","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"python2.7 regresssions","description":"USN-7015-5 fixed vulnerabilities in python2.7. The update introduced\nseveral minor regressions. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly parsed email\n addresses that contain special characters. A remote attacker could\n possibly use this issue to bypass certain protection mechanisms.\n (CVE-2023-27043)\n \n It was discovered that Python allowed excessive backtracking while parsing\n certain tarfile headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\n to cause Python to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.\n (CVE-2024-6232)\n \n It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly quoted newlines\n for email headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\n perform header injection. (CVE-2024-6923)\n \n It was discovered that the Python http.cookies module incorrectly handled\n parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters. A remote\n attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume\n resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-7592)\n \n It was discovered that the Python zipfile module incorrectly handled\n certain malformed zip files. A remote attacker could possibly use this\n issue to cause Python to stop responding, resulting in a denial of\n service. 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The update introduced\nseveral minor regressions. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly parsed email\n addresses that contain special characters. A remote attacker could\n possibly use this issue to bypass certain protection mechanisms.\n (CVE-2023-27043)\n \n It was discovered that Python allowed excessive backtracking while parsing\n certain tarfile headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\n to cause Python to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.\n (CVE-2024-6232)\n \n It was discovered that the Python email module incorrectly quoted newlines\n for email headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\n perform header injection. (CVE-2024-6923)\n \n It was discovered that the Python http.cookies module incorrectly handled\n parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters. A remote\n attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume\n resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-7592)\n \n It was discovered that the Python zipfile module incorrectly handled\n certain malformed zip files. A remote attacker could possibly use this\n issue to cause Python to stop responding, resulting in a denial of\n service. (CVE-2024-8088)\n","status":"published","published":"2024-11-22T02:20:35Z","modified":"2026-06-29T13:51:16.719829349Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:18.876384Z"}]}}