USN-6159-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6159-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6159-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6159-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2023-06-13T14:58:12.818656Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:27Z
Summary
python-tornado vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Tornado incorrectly handled certain redirect. An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect a user to an arbitrary web site and conduct a phishing attack by having user access a specially crafted URL.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / python-tornado

Package

Name
python-tornado
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-tornado@4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1+esm1

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.1-1ubuntu2
4.2.1-1ubuntu3
4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-tornado",
            "binary_version": "4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-tornado",
            "binary_version": "4.2.1-1ubuntu3.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2023-28370",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}