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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-8088: Security patch for python38 (ALASPYTHON3.8-2024-016)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-8088: Security patch for python38 (ALASPYTHON3.8-2024-016)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/22/2024
Created
11/15/2024
Added
11/14/2024
Modified
11/14/2024

Description

There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython "zipfile" module affecting "zipfile.Path". Note that the more common API "zipfile.ZipFile" class is unaffected. When iterating over names of entries in a zip archive (for example, methods of "zipfile.Path" like "namelist()", "iterdir()", etc) the process can be put into an infinite loop with a maliciously crafted zip archive. This defect applies when reading only metadata or extracting the contents of the zip archive. Programs that are not handling user-controlled zip archives are not affected.

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

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