Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1483
Advisory Release Date: 2020-09-01 00:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-09-02 17:55 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because _proc_pax lacks header validation. (CVE-2019-20907)
Affected Packages:
python
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.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64