Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASPYTHON3.8-2024-011
Advisory Release Date: 2024-05-23 23:02 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-30 13:00 Pacific
An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.
The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances. (CVE-2023-6597)
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.
aarch64:
python38-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
python38-libs-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
python38-devel-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
python38-tools-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
python38-tkinter-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
python38-test-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
python38-debug-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
python38-debuginfo-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
src:
python38-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.src
x86_64:
python38-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
python38-libs-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
python38-devel-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
python38-tools-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
python38-tkinter-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
python38-test-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
python38-debug-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
python38-debuginfo-3.8.16-1.amzn2.0.6.x86_64