Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1471
Advisory Release Date: 2020-07-31 19:22 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-25 21:40 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
2023-10-25: CVE-2022-48560 was added to this advisory.
Python 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 allows an HTTP server to conduct Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic backtracking. (CVE-2020-8492)
A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq. (CVE-2022-48560)
Affected Packages:
python, 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 python to update your system.
Run yum update python3 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-libs-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-devel-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-tools-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-tkinter-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-test-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-debug-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-libs-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-devel-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-tools-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-tkinter-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-test-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-debug-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
python3-debuginfo-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.src
python3-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-libs-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-devel-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-tools-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-tkinter-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-test-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-debug-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python3-debuginfo-3.7.8-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64