Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2400
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 21:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-09 17:51 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest. (CVE-2022-48566)
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.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.aarch64
i686:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.i686
src:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.src
x86_64:
python-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
python-libs-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
python-devel-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
python-tools-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
tkinter-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
python-test-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
python-debug-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64
python-debuginfo-2.7.18-1.amzn2.0.8.x86_64