ALAS2023-2023-254


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-254
Advisory Release Date: 2023-07-17 20:45 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-07-20 00:55 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the validate function, using (.+?)\((.*)\). **Note:** This is only exploitable in the case of a developer, putting the offending value in a server side configuration file. (CVE-2023-26112)


Affected Packages:

python-configobj


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update python-configobj --releasever 2023.1.20230719 to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    python3-configobj-5.0.6-23.amzn2023.0.3.noarch

src:
    python-configobj-5.0.6-23.amzn2023.0.3.src