SB2022062351 - Fedora 37 update for python-twisted
Published: June 23, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Origin validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21712)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to origin validation error in the "twited.web.RedirectAgent" and "twisted.web.BrowserLikeRedirectAgent" functions. A remote attacker attacker can trick the victim to click on a specially crafted link and obtain cookies and authorization headers.
2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21716)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
3) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24801)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests within the twisted.web.http module. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.