Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1169
Advisory Release Date: 2019-03-07 05:56 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-03-08 00:42 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the certificate parsing code in Python. This causes a denial of service to applications when parsing specially crafted certificates. This vulnerability is unlikely to be triggered if application enables SSL/TLS certificate validation and accepts certificates only from trusted root certificate authorities.(CVE-2019-5010)
Affected Packages:
python3
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python3 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python3-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-libs-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-devel-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-tools-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-tkinter-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-test-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-debug-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
python3-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-libs-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-devel-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-tools-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-tkinter-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-test-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-debug-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
python3-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
python3-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-libs-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-devel-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-tools-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-tkinter-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-test-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-debug-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.2-4.amzn2.0.1.x86_64