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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-6923: Security patch for python38 (ALASPYTHON3.8-2024-016)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-6923: Security patch for python38 (ALASPYTHON3.8-2024-016)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2024
Created
11/15/2024
Added
11/14/2024
Modified
11/14/2024

Description

There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. The email module didn’t properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message allowing for header injection when an email is serialized.

Solution(s)

  • 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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