Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2150
Advisory Release Date: 2023-07-17 17:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-07-19 22:18 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in python-rsa, where it is vulnerable to Bleichenbacher timing attacks. This flaw allows an attacker, via the RSA decryption API, to decrypt parts of the ciphertext encrypted with RSA. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. (CVE-2020-25658)
Affected Packages:
python-rsa
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-rsa to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
python2-rsa-3.4.1-1.amzn2.0.4.noarch
python3-rsa-3.4.1-1.amzn2.0.4.noarch
src:
python-rsa-3.4.1-1.amzn2.0.4.src