ALAS-2024-2679


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2679
Advisory Release Date: 2024-10-24 23:54 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-10-31 18:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

python-idna: potential DoS via resource consumption via specially crafted inputs to idna.encode() (CVE-2024-3651)


Affected Packages:

python-pip


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-pip to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    python2-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    python3-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    python-pip-wheel-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.7.noarch

src:
    python-pip-20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.7.src