CVE-2024-49768 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-49768: Waitress is a Web Server Gateway Interface server for Python 2 and 3. A remote client may send a request that is exactly recv_bytes (defaults to 8192) long, followed by a secondary request using HTTP pipelining. When request lookahead is disabled (default) we won't read any more requests, and when t

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-49768 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

waitress→ fixed in2.1.2-2+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y waitress
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

waitress→ fixed in3.0.1-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y waitress
```

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