Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASPYTHON3.8-2023-006
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-21 21:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-25 22:04 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
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)
Affected Packages:
python38
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python38 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
python38-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python38-libs-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python38-devel-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python38-tools-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python38-tkinter-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python38-test-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python38-debug-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
python38-debuginfo-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
src:
python38-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
python38-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python38-libs-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python38-devel-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python38-tools-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python38-tkinter-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python38-test-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python38-debug-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
python38-debuginfo-3.8.3-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64