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

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2024
Added
Nov 14, 2024
Modified
Feb 20, 2025

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-debugamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-libsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-testamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-tkinteramazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python38-tools
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