Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-6597: Security patch for python3, python38 (Multiple Advisories)
Description
An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 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.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-debug
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-devel
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-libs
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-test
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-tkinter
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-tools
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-debug
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-devel
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-libs
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-test
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-tkinter
- amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-tools
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