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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6575-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 6575-1 - It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly escaped host headers in certain 404 responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTML and script injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to delay responses and manipulate the responses of second requests.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6575-1
January 10, 2024
twisted vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Twisted.
Software Description:
- twisted: Event-based framework for internet applications
Details:
It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly escaped host headers in certain
404 responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
HTML and script injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04
LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-39348)
It was discovered that Twisted incorrectly handled response order when
processing multiple HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to delay responses and manipulate the responses of second
requests. (CVE-2023-46137)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 23.10:
python3-twisted 22.4.0-4ubuntu0.23.10.1
Ubuntu 23.04:
python3-twisted 22.4.0-4ubuntu0.23.04.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
python3-twisted 22.1.0-2ubuntu2.4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
python3-twisted 18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6575-1
CVE-2022-39348, CVE-2023-46137
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/22.4.0-4ubuntu0.23.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/22.4.0-4ubuntu0.23.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/22.1.0-2ubuntu2.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/twisted/18.9.0-11ubuntu0.20.04.3
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### Summary When sending multiple HTTP requests in one TCP packet, twisted.web will process the requests asynchronously without guaranteeing the response order. ### Details There's an example faulty program: ```python from twisted.internet import reactor, endpoints from twisted.web import server from twisted.web.proxy import ReverseProxyResource from twisted.web.resource import Resource class Second(Resource): isLeaf = True def render_GET(self, request): return b'SECOND\n' class First(Resource): isLeaf = True def render_GET(self, request): def send_response(): request.write(b'FIRST DELAYED\n') request.finish() reactor.callLater(0.5, send_response) return server.NOT_DONE_YET root = Resource() root.putChild(b'second', Second()) root.putChild(b'first', First()) endpoint = endpoints.TCP4ServerEndpoint(reactor, 8080) endpoint.listen(server.Site(root)) reactor.run() ``` When two requests for `/first` and `/second` ...
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications. Prior to version 23.10.0rc1, when sending multiple HTTP requests in one TCP packet, twisted.web will process the requests asynchronously without guaranteeing the response order. If one of the endpoints is controlled by an attacker, the attacker can delay the response on purpose to manipulate the response of the second request when a victim launched two requests using HTTP pipeline. Version 23.10.0rc1 contains a patch for this issue.
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202301-2 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Twisted, the worst of which could result in denial of service. Versions less than 22.10.0 are affected.
When the host header does not match a configured host, `twisted.web.vhost.NameVirtualHost` will return a `NoResource` resource which renders the Host header unescaped into the 404 response allowing HTML and script injection. Example configuration: ```python from twisted.web.server import Site from twisted.web.vhost import NameVirtualHost from twisted.internet import reactor resource = NameVirtualHost() site = Site(resource) reactor.listenTCP(8080, site) reactor.run() ``` Output: ``` ❯ curl -H"Host:<h1>HELLO THERE</h1>" http://localhost:8080/ <html> <head><title>404 - No Such Resource</title></head> <body> <h1>No Such Resource</h1> <p>host b'<h1>hello there</h1>' not in vhost map</p> </body> </html> ``` This vulnerability was introduced in f49041bb67792506d85aeda9cf6157e92f8048f4 and first appeared in the 0.9.4 release.
Twisted is an event-based framework for internet applications. Started with version 0.9.4, when the host header does not match a configured host `twisted.web.vhost.NameVirtualHost` will return a `NoResource` resource which renders the Host header unescaped into the 404 response allowing HTML and script injection. In practice this should be very difficult to exploit as being able to modify the Host header of a normal HTTP request implies that one is already in a privileged position. This issue was fixed in version 22.10.0rc1. There are no known workarounds.