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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-6232: Security patch for python3, python38 (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-6232: Security patch for python3, python38 (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/03/2024
Created
11/15/2024
Added
11/14/2024
Modified
11/18/2024

Description

There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.

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

References

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