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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-27291: Security patch for python-pygments, python3-pygments (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-27291: Security patch for python-pygments, python3-pygments (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/17/2021
Created
07/21/2023
Added
07/21/2023
Modified
11/26/2024

Description

In pygments 1.1+, fixed in 2.7.4, the lexers used to parse programming languages rely heavily on regular expressions. Some of the regular expressions have exponential or cubic worst-case complexity and are vulnerable to ReDoS. By crafting malicious input, an attacker can cause a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-pygments
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-pygments
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-pygments-doc

References

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