Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 26.04 LTS USN-8198
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Tornado. Software Description: - python-tornado: scalable, non-blocking web server and tools Details: USN-8198-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tornado. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled parsing of large multipart request bodies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-31958) It was discovered that Tornado did not properly validate characters in cookie values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary cookie attributes. (CVE-2026-35536)
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Tornado. Software Description: - python-tornado: scalable, non-blocking web server and tools Details: USN-8198-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tornado. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled parsing of large multipart request bodies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-31958) It was discovered that Tornado did not properly validate characters in cookie values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary cookie attributes. (CVE-2026-35536)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS python3-tornado 6.5.4-0.1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS python3-tornado 6.5.4-0.1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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