ALAS-2019-1169


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1169
Advisory Release Date: 2019-03-21 19:25 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-03-25 23:10 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the certificate parsing code in Python. This causes a denial of service to applications when parsing specially crafted certificates. This vulnerability is unlikely to be triggered if application enables SSL/TLS certificate validation and accepts certificates only from trusted root certificate authorities. (CVE-2019-5010)


Affected Packages:

python27, python34, python35, python36


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python27 to update your system.
Run yum update python34 to update your system.
Run yum update python35 to update your system.
Run yum update python36 to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    python27-tools-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.i686
    python27-test-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.i686
    python27-devel-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.i686
    python27-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.i686
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.i686
    python27-libs-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.i686
    python34-tools-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.i686
    python34-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.i686
    python34-debuginfo-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.i686
    python34-test-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.i686
    python34-libs-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.i686
    python34-devel-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.i686
    python35-test-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.i686
    python35-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.i686
    python35-debuginfo-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.i686
    python35-devel-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.i686
    python35-tools-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.i686
    python35-libs-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.i686
    python36-devel-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.i686
    python36-tools-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.i686
    python36-debug-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.i686
    python36-debuginfo-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.i686
    python36-test-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.i686
    python36-libs-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.i686
    python36-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.i686

src:
    python27-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.src
    python34-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.src
    python35-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.src
    python36-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    python27-debuginfo-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-libs-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-tools-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-devel-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.x86_64
    python27-test-2.7.16-1.125.amzn1.x86_64
    python34-debuginfo-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.x86_64
    python34-test-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.x86_64
    python34-devel-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.x86_64
    python34-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.x86_64
    python34-libs-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.x86_64
    python34-tools-3.4.9-1.41.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-libs-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-tools-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-test-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-devel-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.x86_64
    python35-debuginfo-3.5.6-1.14.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-test-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-tools-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-devel-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-debug-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-libs-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.x86_64
    python36-debuginfo-3.6.8-1.11.amzn1.x86_64